Halichoerus grypus - #454
Gray Seal
Two females and one male hauled out of water
Geographic Distribution
Temperate and subarctic waters around Canada (Newfoundland area), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal (vagrant), Russia (Kola Peninsula), Sweden, USA (Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey - vagrant).
Order/Family
Phocidae
Genus
Halichoerus
Specific Epithet
grypus
Image Location
Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark
Image Date
1979
Photographer
A H Shoemaker