🦭Grey Seal
De grijze zeehond of kegelrob (Halichoerus grypus) is een zeeroofdier uit de familie van de zeehonden (Phocidae). Het is na de gewone zeehond de meest algemene zeehond in de Nederlandse wateren. De dieren zijn van andere zeehonden te onderscheiden door hun rechte snuit. De soortaanduiding grypus betekent dan ook "haakneus". Grijze zeehonden zijn over het algemeen ook een stuk groter dan gewone zeehonden, en de grootste soort uit de onderfamilie Phocidae. Het is de enige soort uit het geslacht Halichoerus, wat letterlijk "zeezwijn" betekent.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2026.
- Body mass
- 198 kg
- Body length
- 2.19 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 47 years
Everything we know about the Grey Seal
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass198 kgrecord 310 kg · SeaLifeBaseCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
By sex
- Female186 kgSeaLifeBasev25.04SeaLifeBase populates Weight independently of Length; the two are not guaranteed to describe the same individual. Verify before publishing.
Figures vary
- 268 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length2.19 mCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female2 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Figures vary
- 2.3 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Brain mass319 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan47 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 43 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length14 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity4.8 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation291 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 240 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l198 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 Grey Seal yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyPhocidae
- ›genusHalichoerus
- ›speciesHalichoerus grypus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyPhocidae
- genusHalichoerus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyPhocidae
- genusHalichoerus
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