Phoca vitulina - #1305
Harbor Seal
Lateral and dorsal views of skull
Geographic Distribution
Coastal regions of Canada, China (south to Kiangsu), Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Japan (Hokkaido), Mexico (Baja California, Isla Guadalupe-vagrant), Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia (Kurile Isls and Kamchatka), Sweden, USA (Atlantic coast: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, vagrants: New York, Florida, Vermont. Pacific Coast: Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California).
Order/Family
Phocidae
Genus
Phoca
Specific Epithet
vitulina
Image Location
OR, USA
Image Date
1994
Photographer
R B Forbes