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Common Seal (Phoca vitulina)


The Harbor Seal or Common seal (Phoca vitulina) is a true seal of the Northern Hemisphere. Having the widest range of all pinnipeds, Harbor seals are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as well as those of the Baltic and North Seas.

Photo credit: Marcel Burkhard (cele4)

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