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
Common seal
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).
Phoca largha Bering Sea 2
Phocinae is a subfamily of Phocidae whose distribution is found in the seas surrounding the Holarctic, with the Baikal seal being one of the world's only freshwater species of pinniped. What distingui
Phoca
…classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Placentalia Order: Carnivora Parvorder: Pinnipedia Family: Phocidae Subfamily: Phocinae Tribe: Phocini Genus: Phoca Linnaeus, 1758 Type species Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 Species P. largha P. vitulina P. mutica? Phoca distribution. P…
Phoca largha Bering Sea 3
Gomphotaria pugnax life restoration