🦭Harp Seal
La foca pía, foca arpa o foca de Groenlandia (Pagophilus groenlandicus o Phoca groenlandica), es una especie de mamífero pinnípedo de la familia Phocidae, que habita en el Océano Atlántico Norte y el Océano Glacial Ártico. En inglés se le llama harp seal (en español «foca arpa»).
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 141 kg
- Body length
- 1.76 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 42 years
Everything we know about the Harp Seal
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass141 kgrecord 135 kg · SeaLifeBaseCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
By sex
- Female120 kgSeaLifeBasev25.04SeaLifeBase populates Weight independently of Length; the two are not guaranteed to describe the same individual. Verify before publishing.
Figures vary
- 180 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length1.76 mCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
By sex
- Female1.8 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Figures vary
- 1.9 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Brain mass302 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Maximum lifespan42 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length18 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity5.1 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation243 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 228 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 1.25AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.09 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l141 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Harp Seal yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyPhocidae
- ›genusPagophilus
- ›speciesPagophilus groenlandicus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyPhocidae
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyPhocidae
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