Harp Seal

Diet

Eats fish

Mass

130 kg

IUCN status

Near threatened (NT)

In short

The harp seal, also known as the saddleback seal or Greenland seal, is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean. Originally in the genus Phoca with a number of other species, it was reclassified into the monotypic genus Pagophilus in 1844. In Greek, its scientific name translates to "Greenlandic ice-lover", and its taxonomic synonym, Phoca groenlandica translates to "Greenlandic seal".

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The harp seal, also known as the saddleback seal or Greenland seal, is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the…

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