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    The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the...
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    Pagophilus, and Histriophoca. Until recently, Phoca largha has been considered a subspecies of Phoca vitulina but now is considered its own species. For...
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    2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T17023A45229806.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021. Phoca vitulina largha Pallas, 1811. Integrated Taxonomic Information System Saundry...
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  • The Ungava seal (Phoca vitulina mellonae) is a subspecies of harbor seal, endemic to a small series of freshwater lakes in the Ungava Peninsula, located...
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    Harp seal (redirect from Phoca groenlandica)
    by Harp seals (Phoca groenlandica), Hooded seals (Cystophora cristata), Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) and Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in Atlantic Canada"...
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    Dehnhardt, G. (2001). "Hydrodynamic trail-following in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina)". Science. 293 (5527): 102–104. doi:10.1126/science.1060514. PMID 11441183...
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    inhabit freshwater lakes for the duration of the year. The Ungava seal (Phoca vitulina mellonae) is a subspecies of the harbor seal which lives solely within...
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    Dehnhardt, G. (2001). "Hydrodynamic trail-following in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina)". Science. 293 (5527): 102–104. doi:10.1126/science.1060514. PMID 11441183...
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    population of harbour seals (fr: loups marins or phoques). They belong to Phoca vitulina mellonae, the only seal subtype in Canada that lives year-round in fresh...
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    Hart, P.; van VoorstVaader, P. C. (2010). "Albinistic common seals (Phoca vitulina) and melanistic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) rehabilitated in the...
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    (all other phocines). More recently, five species have been split off from Phoca, forming three additional genera. Alternatively the three monachine tribes...
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    (Blue whale). Seals: Halichoerus grypus. — Phoque gris. — (Grey Seal). Phoca vitulina. — Phoque commun. — (Harbour Seal). Pagophilus groenlandicus. — Phoque...
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    first identified in 1988 as the cause of death of 18,000 harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) and 300 grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) along the northern European...
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  • filarial parasite that primarily infects the phocid seals, including Phoca vitulina (Harbor seal). The Heartworm was originally described as Filaria spirocauda...
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    2307/3802594. JSTOR 3802594. "Suspected surplus killing of harbor seal pups (Phoca vitulina) by killer whales (Orcinus orca)". Cascadia Research. 2015-12-11. Retrieved...
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    (1981) and Whitaker and Hamilton (1998). Harbor seal, Phoca vitulina (coastal) Subspecies: Phoca vitulina concolor according to Hall (1981) and Folkens (2002)...
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    (2015). "Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) predation on harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) on the island of Helgoland, Germany". Journal of Sea Research. 97:...
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    also held responsible for an increased mortality of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in Europe in 2014. First cases were reported in spring 2014 in Sweden...
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    salmon, but also some transient orcas that come to take harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). Other marine mammals include river otters (Lontra canadensis), Steller...
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    Thompson, D. & Härkönen, T. (IUCN SSC Pinniped Specialist Group) (2016). "Phoca vitulina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 2020-06-13.{{cite...
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    associated with forced copulation of juvenile Pacific harbor seals (Phoca Vitulina Richards) by southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)" (PDF). Aquatic...
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    tactics and mating system of an aquatic-mating pinniped: the harbor seal, Phoca vitulina". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 61: 119–130. doi:10.1007/s00265-006-0242-9...
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    related to spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) in Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in Washington State. J Wildl Dis. 48(4): 1057-1062. doi: 10.7589/2011-12-348...
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    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T17023A45229806.en. Harvey, J. (2016). "Phoca vitulina ssp". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T17022A66991556....
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    favored haul-out points for large numbers of harbor and gray seals (Phoca vitulina and Halichoerus grypus, respectively). The island also supports many...
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    Systema Naturae. He recognized six genera: Canis (canids and hyaenids), Phoca (pinnipeds), Felis (felids), Viverra (viverrids, herpestids, and mephitids)...
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  • Grey wolf (Canis lupus) LC Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) LC Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) LC Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) LC Northern fur...
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    seal colonies. Prey is normally attacked sub-surface. Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) are taken from the surface and dragged down until they stop struggling...
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    National Park Service. Retrieved February 11, 2013. "Harbor Seal - Phoca vitulina". Kenai Fjords National Park. National Park Service. Retrieved February...
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    pinnipeds to detect hydrodynamic stimuli was first done on harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). It had been unclear how seals could find food in dark waters. It was...
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