Harbor seal
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The harbor seal, also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species of pinniped, they are
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Skull of a harbor seal
Skeleton of a harbor seal in the Seal Museum in Iceland
A harbor seal nursery on ice in front of The Grand Pacific Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
Phoca
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Phoca is a genus of the earless seals,. It now contains just two species, the common seal and the spotted seal. Several species formerly listed under this genus have been split into the genera Pusa, P
Harbor seal
…classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Placentalia Order: Carnivora Parvorder: Pinnipedia Family: Phocidae Genus: Phoca Species: P. vitulina Binomial name Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies P. vitulina concolor (DeKay, 1842) P. vitulina mellonae (Doutt, 1942) P…
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Harbour seal breastfeeding a pup. Shortly after weaning mating will occur.
Spotted seal triad during the breeding season: lanugo-clad pup (left), mother (center), and attending male (right in water).
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