GROWTH RATES AND AGES OF CRABEATER SEALS, LOBODON CARCINOPHAGUS JACQUINOT & PUCHERAN

• Published in: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
• Main Author: LAWS, R. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1958
• Subjects: Jacquinot; Crabeater Seal; Crabeater Seals; Lobodon carcinophagus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1958.tb00574.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1096-3642.1958.tb00574.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1958.tb00574.x; https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1958.tb00574.x

SUMMARY The internal growth rings of the teeth of the crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) are described and the annual pattern established. By examination of near term foetuses, recently weaned pups, half‐year‐old, one‐year‐old and older animals the probable pattern of dentine deposition in the f...