Species profile—Hydrurga leptonyx (leopard seal)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Phocidae (True Seals) → Hydrurga leptonyx (leopard seal)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Phocidae (True Seals)
- Scientific name
- Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville, 1820)
- Common name
- leopard seal
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1061
- Alternate name(s)
- sea leopard
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1061.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
