Harp Seal
Pagophilus groenlandicus
- Near threatened
- Card rarity: Uncommon
- Mammals
The harp seal, also known as the saddleback seal or Greenland seal, is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean. Originally in the genus Phoca with a number of other species, it was reclassified into the monotypic genus Pagophilus in 1844. In Greek, its scientific name translates to "Greenlandic ice-lover", and its taxonomic synonym, Phoca groenlandica translates to "Greenlandic seal".
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Phocidae
- Genus
- Pagophilus