Harbor seal: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the harbor seal lives – recorded in 13 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Phoca vitulina
Group	Seals, sea lions & walrus
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	13 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Phocidae

Where does the harbor seal live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the harbor seal in 13 countries and territories across Europe and North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the harbor seal endangered?

The harbor seal’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the harbor seal?

The harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Phocidae, genus Phoca. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the harbor seal

The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), 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 (walruses, eared seals, and true seals), they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Baltic and North seas.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Harbor seal (revision 1381041035), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q26913 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).