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2 Species ID Suggestions

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 8 years ago
California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus The Marine Mammal Center : California Sea Lion
Pacific Harbor Seal
Phoca vitulina richardii The Marine Mammal Center : Pacific Harbor Seal


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2 Comments

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 8 years ago

Lovely. It appears you have this image posted twice. Please remove one of them :-). I believe this is more likely a Harbor Seal. The body shape and color of the adult seem more consistent. Here are some more references.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California... (for comparison)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_sea...
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=158

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 8 years ago

Rest in Peace!

Xiaorui Zhu
Spotted by
Xiaorui Zhu

San Diego, California, USA

Spotted on Jan 31, 2015
Submitted on Feb 11, 2016

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