harp_seal

📅 Updated:2020-09-20

🕒 Created:2018-08-24

🆔 ID:20969

Description

The harp seal or saddleback seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) is a species of earless (true) seal, native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean. They are classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

A mature harp seal has pure black eyes which are large for its body size. It has silver-gray fur covering its body, with black harp or wishbone-shaped markings dorsally. Adult harp seals grow to be 1.7 to 2.0 m (5 ft 7 in to 6 ft 7 in) long and weigh from 115 to 140 kg (254 to 309 lb). The males are slightly larger than the females.