Crabeater seal vs Hard Alectryon

Lobodon carcinophaga compared with Alectryon subdentatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crabeater seal	Hard Alectryon
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Phocidae (True Seals)	Sapindaceae
Genus	Lobodon	Alectryon
Species	Lobodon carcinophaga	Alectryon subdentatus

Conservation Status

Crabeater seal

LC — Least Concern

Hard Alectryon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crabeater seal	Hard Alectryon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crabeater seal

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hard Alectryon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.