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Marine Mammals Information Database ：Illustrated Guide of Marine Mammals
Harbor seal
Scientific Name : Phoca vitulina / Japanese Name : zenigata-azarashi
Details
| Order | Carnivora |
|---|---|
| Suborder | Caniformia |
| Family | Phocidae |
| Genus | Phoca |
| Species | vitulina |
| Subspecies | - |
| Subtype | - |
| CITES Appendix | Not Listed | IUCN RedData Status | Least Concern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baleen plates or tooth-Upper jaw | - | Baleen plates or tooth-Lower jaw | - |
| At birth | At weaning | Adult | Adult male | Adult female | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body length | 79-98cm | - | - | 161-186cm | 148-169cm |
| Body weight | 10-19kg | - | - | 87-170kg | 65-142kg |
| The harbor seal is a small phocid. The most conspicuous feature of the variably colored coat is the presence of many fine to medium sized spots, usually with smaller numbers of ring-like markings and blotches. Pups have same body color as its mothers, light to dark gray. Five subspecies are recognized. One of them, P.v. stejnegeri ranges from either the end of the Alaska Peninsula or the eastern Aleutioans to the Commander Islands, Kamchatka, and through the Kuril Islands to Hokkaido in the western Pacific. |
| Description |
| Stranding Record(s) in Japan |
Map ▼(Japanese) |
Marine Mammals Skull Database
A click on the skull thumb nail will bring you to detailed images.
| Sex | M | Reproductive Condition | adult |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body length | - | Locality | Odaito, Hokkaido |
| Museum No. | M24771 | Other No. | - |
