[Daily Photos] Harp Seal, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

Query: Earless seal

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Subject:	[Daily Photos] Harp Seal, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada
Poster:	Phoby (phoby@notmyphoto.com)

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The harp seal or saddleback seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) is a species of earless seal native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and parts of the Arctic Ocean. It now belongs to the monotypic genus Pagophilus. Its scientific name means "ice-lover from Greenland", and its synonym, Phoca groenlandica means "Greenland seal".

Earless seal
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