Phoca vitulina - #594
Harbor Seal
Close-up of head
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
Minneapolis Zoo, MN, USA
Image Date
1980
Photographer
L L Master