Erignathus barbatus - #2662
Bearded Seal
Geographic Distribution
Circumpolar Arctic seas and coastal regions of Canada, China (Zhejiang-vagrant), France (vagrant), Great Britian (vagrant), Greenland, Iceland, Japan (south to Hokkaido), Norway, Portugal (vagrant), Russia, Spain (vagrant), USA (Alaska, Massachusetts -vagrant).
Order/Family
Phocidae
Genus
Erignathus
Specific Epithet
barbatus
Image Location
Norway, Svalbard
Image Date
15 August 2007
Photographer
C Smith