Phoca vitulina - #3885
Harbor Seal
Dorsal view of left hind foot.
Geographic Distribution
Coastal regions of Canada, China (south to Kiangsu), Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Japan (Hokkaido), Mexico (Baja California, Isla Guadalupe-vagrant), Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia (Kurile Isls and Kamchatka), Sweden, USA (Atlantic coast: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, vagrants: New York, Florida, Vermont. Pacific Coast: Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California).
Order/Family
Phocidae
Genus
Phoca
Specific Epithet
vitulina
Image Location
USA, CA, San Diego co., Sea World
Image Date
5 August 2017
Photographer
DG Huckaby