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A harbor seal uses its sensitive vibrissae to detect vibrations. They thrust the vibrissae in a sweeping movement by pushing their mobile upper lip in and out. When vibrations are detected, a substantial nerve system transmits tactile information form the vibrissae to the brain.
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www.palomar.edu/oceanography/harbor_seals/facts.htm
www.palomar.edu/oceanography/harbor_seals/facts.htm
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Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina ... General information about harbor seals ... (1993) report a higher occurrence of red coats in the SF Bay than in any other harbor seal population in the world, ranging up to 40% of seals in the Bay.
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userwww.sfsu.edu/~halmark/educati.htm
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Click here for the updated InfoBook - Harbor Seals. ... SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Animal Information Database www.seaworld.org / www.buschgardens.org ...
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www.seaworld.org/infobooks/HarborSeal/home.html
www.seaworld.org/infobooks/HarborSeal/home.html
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The limbs of the harbor seal have been modified into flippers. The foreflippers (pectoral flippers) are composed of 5 digits of similar length and webbed together. Claws on the foreflippers ... ADW doesn't cover all species in the world, nor does it include all the latest scientific information about organisms we describe.
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animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/informatio...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Phoca_vitulina.html
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; Harbor Seals in Alaska (Phoca vitulina richardii) ... For more information, see the Harbor Seal section from the 2002 Annual Report ... Alaska Department of Fish & Game - Harbor Seal;
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mmc.gov/species/harborseal.html
mmc.gov/species/harborseal.html
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Harbor seals inhabit coastal temperate, subarctic, and arctic waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with one of the largest distributions of any pinniped (1). The Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) is distributed along the west coast of North America from the Bering Strait to Baja California (1,2).
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virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/torokm/hs_info.htm
virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/torokm/hs_info.htm
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Harbor seals in Alaska - research, management and general information about harbor seals; NOAA Fisheries National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Alaska Region ... Harbor seal. Photo: Amy Martins, NOAA Fisheries ... Information Bulletins...
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www.fakr.noaa.gov/protectedresources/seals/harbor.htm
www.fakr.noaa.gov/protectedresources/seals/harbor.htm
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Harbor Seal. Photo: ... At the time of their designation, however, it was recognized that large gaps existed in our knowledge of dispersal and movement patterns and population structure, and it was recommended that more information on these aspects of seal biology were required to define more meaningful management units.
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swfsc.noaa.gov/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&I...
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