🦭Harbour seal
The harbor seal, also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species of pinniped, they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Baltic and North seas.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 94 kg
- Body length
- 1.81 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 48 years
Everything we know about the Harbour seal
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass94 kgrecord 150 kg · SeaLifeBaseCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
By sex
- Female110 kgSeaLifeBasev25.04SeaLifeBase populates Weight independently of Length; the two are not guaranteed to describe the same individual. Verify before publishing.
Figures vary
- 115 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length1.81 mCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female1.7 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Figures vary
- 1.9 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Brain mass269 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan48 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 48 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length15 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity4.2 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation254 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 253 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density5.68 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l94 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Harbour seal yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyPhocidae
- ›genusPhoca
- ›speciesPhoca vitulina
- 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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