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
Harbor seal Phoca vitulina, skull, Coll. Museum Wiesbaden
Skeleton of a harbor seal in the Seal Museum in Iceland
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
- Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) at Magdalen fjord, Svalbard (1).jpg
Harbor seal in Svalbard
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Common Seal Phoca vitulina
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Harbor seal mammal phoca vitulina
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Harbor Seal with young pup
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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.
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