Crabeater seal vs Hard Maple

Lobodon carcinophaga compared with Acer saccharum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crabeater seal	Hard Maple
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	Acer
Species	Lobodon carcinophaga	Acer saccharum

Conservation Status

Crabeater seal

LC — Least Concern

Hard Maple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crabeater seal

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hard Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).