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All Names

  • English
    • Harbor Seal
    • Harbour Seal
    • Common Seal
  • Italian
    • Foca comune
  • Scientific names
    • Phoca vitulina
  • Spanish
    • Foca com�n
    • FOCA MOTEADA
  • French
    • phoque commun
    • PHOQUE VEAU-MARIN

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Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina

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mariegmurphy

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May 8, 2012
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Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina

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mariegmurphy

Date

Apr 24, 2012
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Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina

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george2

Date

May 9, 2012
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Description from Wikipedia

The Common Seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the Harbor Seal or alternately spelled Harbour Seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern hemisphere. They are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as well as those of the Baltic and North Seas, making them the most wide-ranging of the pinnipeds (walruses, eared seals, and true seals).