Harp Seal pup (Phoca groenlandica)
From: "Trudie"
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Zeehondje
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 11:39:43 +0200
Groetjes Trudie
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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". |
