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  2. Seal recovering at Marine Mammal Stranding Center after being ...

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    Harp seals are named for the harp-like pattern on the backs of adults. While juvenile harp seals are common along New Jersey's coast, adults are more rare, according to the stranding center.

  3. Harp seal rescued near death at Shore travels 600 miles to ...

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    The harp seal, #24-023, traveled more than 600 miles to Liverpool, Nova Scotia. He was "looking plump and content," according to the MMSC in a post on Facebook .

  4. Harp seal - Wikipedia

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    The harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), also known as Saddleback Seal or Greenland Seal, is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean. Originally in the genus Phoca with a number of other species, it was reclassified into the monotypic genus Pagophilus in 1844.

  5. List of pinnipeds - Wikipedia

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    The infraorder Pinnipedia consists of 3 families containing 34 extant species belonging to 22 genera and divided into 48 extant subspecies, as well the extinct Caribbean monk seal and Japanese sea lion species, which are the only pinniped species to go extinct since prehistoric times. This does not include hybrid species or extinct prehistoric ...

  6. Earless seal - Wikipedia

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    The earless seals, phocids, or true seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal lineage, Pinnipedia. All true seals are members of the family Phocidae (/ ˈ f oʊ s ɪ d iː /). They are sometimes called crawling seals to distinguish them from the fur seals and sea lions of the family Otariidae.

  7. A Species Has Gone Extinct in the Keys, and It's the ... - AOL

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  8. Baikal seal - Wikipedia

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    Baikal seals can dive up to depths of 400 m (1,300 ft) [4] and stay underwater for more than 40 minutes. [1] Most dives last less than 10 minutes and generally only 2–4 minutes. [1] Baikal seals have two litres more blood than any other seal of their size and can stay underwater for up to 70 minutes if they are frightened or need to escape ...

  9. Ribbon seal - Wikipedia

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    The ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata) is a medium-sized pinniped from the true seal family (Phocidae). A seasonally ice-bound species, it is found in the Arctic and Subarctic regions of the North Pacific Ocean , notably in the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk .