Harp Seal illust (Phoca groenlandica)

Query: Earless seal

Result: 18^th of 47

Subject:	Harp Seal illust (Phoca groenlandica)
Poster:	Phoby (phoby@hanafos.com)

Resolution: 1840x1180 File Size: 347250 Bytes Date: 2005:02:21 23:44:03 Upload Date: 2005:02:21 23:45:04

Plate 16. The Harp Seal. Phoca groenlandica, Fabricius.
Sketch by Henry W. Elliott. (Henry Wood Elliott, 1846 – 1930)

Image ID: figb0272, Historic NMFS Collection

Photo Source:
The NOAA Photo Library http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) http://www.noaa.gov/

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
18/47

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