Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)
Temporal range: Miocene-Present Day, 10 million years ago-Present Day

CONSERVATION STATUS
Least Concern (LC)

POPULATIONS TRENDING
Increasing 🔼

CLASSIFICATIONS
Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Chordates (Chordata)
Superclass: Tetrapods (Tetrapoda)
Clade: Amniotes (Amniota)
Clade: Synapsids (Synapsida)
Clade: Therapsids (Therapsida)
Clade: Cynodonts (Cynodontia)
Clade: Eucynodonts (Eucynodontia)
Clade: Mammaliamorph (Mammaliamorpha)
Clade: Mammaliaformes (Mammaliaformes)
Class: Mammals (Mammalia/Mammalians)
Subclass: Theria (Theria)
Clade: Eutheria (Eutheria)
Infraclass: Placentals (Placentalia/Placentalians)
Magnorder: Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Superorder: Laurasiatheroglires (Laurasiatheroglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019) (down below here)
Grandorder: Laurasiatheres (Laurasiatheria)
Clade: Ferungulates (Ferungulata)
Mirorder: Ferae (Ferae)
Clade: Carnivoramorph (Carnivoramorpha)
Clade: Carnivoraformes (Carnivoraformes)
Order: Carnivorans (Carnivora)
Suborder: Caniforms (Caniformia)
Infraorder: Arctoids (Arctoidea)
Parvorder: Mustelida (Mustelida)
Clade: Panpinnipeds (Panpinnipedia)
Clade: Pinnipedimorph (Pinnipedimorpha)
Clade: Pinnipediformes (Pinnipediformes)
Clade: Pinnipeds (Pinnipedia)
Superfamily: Phocoids (Phocoidea)
Family: Phocids (Phocidae)
Subfamily: Monachines (Monachinae)
Tribe: Lobodontins (Lobodontini)
Genus: Leopard Seals (Hydrurga) (Gistel, 1848)
Species: Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) (Blainville, 1820)

NEOPLACENTALIA SYNONYMS
Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Neotheres (Neotheria) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Exarchontoplacentals (Exarchontoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Exprimatoplacentals (Exprimatoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)

LAURASIATHEROGLIRES SYNONYMS
Cetoglires (Cetoglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supracetaceans (Supracetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetaceoglires (Cetaceoglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supralaurasiatheres (Supralaurasiatheria) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supracetes (Supraceti) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetolagomorph (Cetolagomorpha) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Lagocetaceans (Lagocetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Lagocetes (Lagoceti) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetorodents (Cetorodentia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)

LAURASIATHEROGLIRES BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Living: Antarctica and other Southern Hemisphere
Diet: Carnivores (meat-eater), they hunts and ate prey which is squids, few crustaceans, fishes, seabirds such as seagulls, skuas, and penguins; other pinnipeds and here is baleen whale calves
Predation: Most likely other predators in Antarctic artiodactyls such as Orca Killer Whales
Size: 7-11 feet long, 94-138 inches in length, and 440-1320 lbs in weight