Crabeater seal vs Key lime

Lobodon carcinophaga compared with Citrus aurantiifolia

Key Differences

• Crabeater seal is Least Concern while Key lime is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crabeater seal	Key lime
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)	Rutaceae
Genus	Lobodon	Citrus
Species	Lobodon carcinophaga	Citrus aurantiifolia

Conservation Status

Crabeater seal

LC — Least Concern

Key lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crabeater seal	Key lime
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crabeater seal

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Key lime

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).