Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
The harbor seal, 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, they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Baltic and North seas.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Phocidae
- Genus
- Phoca