Reference photo — Andreas Trepte, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
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Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina
Easy
Least concern
Not photographed yet
Distribution
Range
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Range: iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) · Base map: Natural Earth (public domain)
Quick facts
- Group
- Mammals
- Family
- Phocidae
- Size
- 1.5–1.8 m (length)
- Weight
- 55–130 kg
- Diet
- Fish eater
- Lifespan
- 20–30 yrs
- Habitat
- Coastal waters, Sandbanks, Rocky shores
About
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 found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Baltic and North seas.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.