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Harbour Seal - Phoca vitulina - Gewone Zeehond
North-Pacific and North-Atlantic Ocean.
The following 6 subspecies are being recognized:
Phoca vitulina vitulina - European North-Atlantic (Iceland and Svalbard to West-Baltic Sea, France and British Islands);
Phoca vitulina concolor - American North-Atlantic (Ellesmere to North-Carolina);
Phoca vitulina mellonae - East-Canada (Upper and Lower Seal Lakes in North-Quebec);
Phoca vitulina stejnegeri - Northeast-Asian Russia, Kamchatka, Sakhalin and Kurile Islands;
Phoca vitulina richardii - American side of North-Pacific (Alaska to California);
Phoca vitulina geronimensis - Mexico, Baja California, Santa Barbara Islands, South-California.
Of this species there are also Zoo Photo's available.