Editing Ringed seal (section)

==Description==
[[File:Ringelrobbe 5-1996.jpg|left|thumb|Back flippers]]
The ringed seal is the smallest and most common seal in the Arctic, with a small head, short cat-like snout, and a plump body. Its coat is dark with silver rings on the back and sides and a silver belly, giving this seal its [[vernacular]] name.<ref name="Miyazaki 2009">{{cite book |editor1-last=Perrin |editor1-first=William F. |editor2-last=Wursig |editor2-first=Bernd |editor3-last=Thewissen |editor3-first=J. G. M. |title=Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals |last=Miyazaki |first=N. |chapter=Ringed, Caspian and Baikal Seals |edition=2nd |publisher=Academic Press |pages=1033–1036 |location=Burlington, MA|year=2009 |isbn=978-0-12-373553-9 |chapter-url=http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/716899/description#description |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109165656/http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/716899/description#description |archive-date=2009-11-09 }}</ref> Depending on subspecies and condition, adult size can range from {{convert|100|to|175|cm|in|round=0.5|abbr=on}} and adult weight can vary from {{convert|32|to|140|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090115004434/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/601.shtml "Ringed seal"] ''BBC Science & Nature''. 15 January 2009</ref> Its average length is about {{convert|5|ft|m|abbr=on}} long, with an average weight of about {{convert|50|–|70|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.<ref name="NOAA"/> Though it is generally considered the smallest species in the true seal family, several related species, especially the [[Baikal seal]], may approach similarly small dimensions. Their small front flippers have claws more than 2.5 cm (1 in) thick that are used to maintain breathing holes through ice sheets as thick as 6 ft (1.8 m).<ref name="NOAA"/>