| − | '''Seal''' refers to aquatic mammals of the family Phocidae, which in number of individual species are the largest of the three families of of the suborder Pinnipedia. Alternately called '''earless seals''' or '''true seals''', they are predominantly found within the polar waters of the Arctic and Antarctica, with several species found in temperate and tropical regions. | + | '''Seal''' refers to aquatic mammals of the family Phocidae, which in number of individual species are the largest of the three families of the suborder Pinnipedia. Alternately called '''earless seals''' or '''true seals''', they are predominantly found within the polar waters of the Arctic and Antarctica, with several species found in temperate and tropical regions. |