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SPECIES Pagophilus groenlandicus
Author: | Erxleben, 1777. | Citation: | Syst. Regni Anim., 1: 588. | Common Name: | Harp Seal | Type Locality: | "in Groenlandia et Newfoundland." | Distribution: | N Atlantic and Arctic oceans and coastal regions of Canada (Newfoundland), France (vagrant), Germany (vagrant), Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia from E Canada to the White Sea (Russia), Scotland (vagrant), USA (Virginia - vagrant). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | |
| Offspring: | Synonyms:
albicauda (Desmarest, 1822) albini (Alessandrini, 1851) dorsata (Pallas, 1811) leucopla (Thienemann, 1824) oceanica (Lepechin, 1778) semilunaris (Boddaert, 1785)
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