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Harbor seal

Phoca vitulina

Description:

The harbor 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 of pinniped (walruses, eared seals, and true seals), they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Baltic and North Seas.

Habitat:

small commercial harbor

Notes:

Testing new camera. It passed

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KarenSaxton
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KarenSaxton

Oregon, USA

Spotted on Oct 5, 2013
Submitted on Oct 6, 2013

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