Harp seal
Pagophilus groenlandicus
Near threatenedPhoto: Brian Gratwicke from DC, USA · CC BY 2.0
Mammalcarnivore
The harp seal is a sleek marine mammal that thrives in the icy waters of the Arctic and northern Atlantic Ocean. Known for its love of cold climates, this earless seal is perfectly adapted to life on ice and in frigid seas.
- Harp seals are earless seals, lacking external ear flaps.
- Their scientific name means 'Greenlandic ice-lover' in Greek.
- They were reclassified into the genus Pagophilus in 1844.
PolarOceanArcticNorth AmericaEurope
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Mammal
- Scientific name
- Pagophilus groenlandicus
- Habitat
- Polar, Ocean
- Regions in this directory
- Arctic, North America, Europe
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- medium
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened (NT)
