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    (c) Andrew Reding, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) Foxa Nature, all rights reserved

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    (c) Pierce Louderback, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) ucumari photography, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) Dan Roach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Dan Roach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Harbor Seal

Phoca vitulina

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Mammals
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About

The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), 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 (walruses, eared seals, and true seals), they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Baltic and North Seas.

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