Crabeater seal vs Pale Cabbage

Lobodon carcinophaga compared with Brassica tournefortii

Key Differences

• Crabeater seal is Least Concern while Pale Cabbage is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crabeater seal	Pale Cabbage
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Phocidae (True Seals)	Brassicaceae
Genus	Lobodon	Brassica
Species	Lobodon carcinophaga	Brassica tournefortii

Conservation Status

Crabeater seal

LC — Least Concern

Pale Cabbage

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crabeater seal	Pale Cabbage
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crabeater seal

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pale Cabbage

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt, South Africa), Europe (10 countries), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia).