 The Baikal seal or "nerpa" ("Pusa sibirica") is found throughout Lake Baikal.It is one of only three entirely freshwater seal populations in the world, the other two being subspecies of ringed seals.A wide range of land mammals can be found in the habitats around the lake, such as Eurasian brown bear, Eurasian wolf, red fox, sable, stoat, elk, Siberian red deer, reindeer, Siberian roe deer, Siberian musk deer, wild boar, red squirrel, Siberian chipmunk, marmot, lemming, and Alpine hare.