Harbor seal
The harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), also called the common seal, is a true seal. They are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific ocean as well as Baltic and North Seas making them the most wide-ranging of the pinnipeds (walruses, eared seals, and true seals).
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The females live longer than the males and females usually live to be 30 to 35, while males usually live up to 20 or 25 years old.
Harbor Seal Media
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Harbor seal Phoca vitulina, skull, Coll. Museum Wiesbaden
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Skeleton of a harbor seal in the Seal Museum in Iceland
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White harbor seal on moss, Alaska
A Harbor Seal nursery on ice in front of The Grand Pacific Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
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Harbor seal in Svalbard
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Common Seal Phoca vitulina
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Harbor seal mammal phoca vitulina
Harbor Seal with young pup
Phoca vitulina stejnegeri
Harbor seals at Point Lobos, California
References
- ↑ Seal Specialist Group (1996). Odobenus rosmarus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.