Common Name
Harbor Seal
Order
Carnivora
Family
Phocidae
Species Name
Phoca vitulina
Status
Common
States
Alaska
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Oregon
Rhode Island
Virginia
Washington
Distribution
All of west coast from southern Alaska south to Mexico; also New England south to Delaware along the east coast.
Notes
Unlike many other seal species, harbor seals have an annual reproductive cycle. Prey on a large range of swimming and bottom dwelling ocean species, mainly fish. Dives can be deep and last up to a half an hour.