Harbor Seal
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Phocidae
Phoca
Phoca vitulina
The gregarious Harbor Seal spends much time basking on beaches and rocky shores, sometimes alone but usually with several other individuals, and occasionally in groups numbering in the thousands. Whether… More »
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The Common Seal ( Phoca vitulina ), also known as the Harbor Seal or alternately spelled Harbour Seal , is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern hemisp...
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The mission of The Marine Mammal Center is to rescue and humanely treat ill, injured, or orphaned marine mammals including seals, sea lions, sea otters, dolphins and whales, and to advance knowledge about marine mammal health. ... Pinnipedia Harbor Seal...
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Harbor seal species description from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Wildlife Notebook Series. ... The harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), a widespread species in both the north Atlantic and Pacific oceans, is found in Alaska along the coast from British Columbia north to Kuskokwim Bay and west throughout the Aleutian Islands.
www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/marine/harseal.php www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/marine/harseal.php
Seal Conservation Society: Description and status of the Harbour Seal. ... The harbour seal is the most widely-distributed pinniped, inhabiting temperate and subarctic coastal areas on both sides of the north Atlantic and north Pacific Oceans. Population estimates are imprecise or unavailable for most areas in the harbour...
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Skip to main content ... Common seal, harbour seal; Phoca vitulina ... Common seal on rock...
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Click here for the updated InfoBook - Harbor Seals. Harbor Seals. A Sea World Education Department Publication. Contents. Scientific Classification ...
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Maximum length: males 1.9 m; females 1.7 m; pups 0.65 - 1 m at birth ; Maximum weight: males 150 kg, females 110 kg ... small head with a slight forehead ... large external ear openings...
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; A harbour seal pup; . ... How do I know it's a harbour seal? ... There are several subspecies, such as the Pacific harbour seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi, which inhabits the B.C. coast.
www.vanaqua.org/education/aquafacts/harbourseals.html www.vanaqua.org/education/aquafacts/harbourseals.html
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