Subspecies

Phoca vitulina richardii (Pacific harbor seal)

Phoca vitulina richardii. Photo: (c) Igor Derevskov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), 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 (walruses, eared seals, and true seals), they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Baltic and North Seas.

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