Supplemental information for ?Sensory anatomy of the most aquatic of carnivorans: the Antarctic Ross seal, and convergences with other mammals

LATIMER ASHLEY E.; LOZA, C.M.; SÁNCHEZ-VILLAGRA M.; CARLINI ALFREDO A.

MorphoMuseuM

Association Palaeovertebrata.

Lugar: Montpellier; Año: 2017

2274-0422

AbstractHere, the semicircular canals of the most aquatic seal, the rare Antarctic Ross Seal (Ommatophoca rossii), arepresented for the first time, along with representatives of every species in the Lobodontini: the leopard seal(Hydrurga leptonyx), Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), and crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus).Because encounters with wild Ross seal are rare and few specimens are available in collections worldwide, thisdataset increases accessibility to a rare species. For further comparison, we present the bony labyrinths of othercarnivorans, the elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), walrus (Odobenus rosmarus),South American sea lion (Otaria byronia).Keywords: aquatic, inner ear, Ommatophoca rossi, Phoca, semicircular canals