Harbor Seal:Phoca vitulina

• Main Authors: Teilmann, Jonas, Galatius, Anders
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Coastal; common seal; P.v. mellonae; P.v. richardii; P.v. vitulina; true seal; Arctic; Canada; Pacific; Ungava Peninsula; harbor seal; Phoca vitulina; ringed seal; Ungava peninsula
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/harbor-seal(b7edd0fa-6165-462b-9f4a-23fadd39641c).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-804327-1.00145-X; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85166517145&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Phoca vitulina, the harbor seal, also known as the common seal, belongs to the family Phocidae, or true seals, within the order Carnivora. Based on genetics, harbor seals are placed in a clade with their closest relative, the spotted seal as well as the gray seal and ringed seal, Caspian seal and Ba...