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Hul’q’umi’num’ Name: e s-hw

Taxon Name: Phoca vitulina richardii

“Common” Name: Pacific Harbor Seal

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Ecological Community: Marine

Wikipedia summary:

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.

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Observational Data:

   First reported: 2010-05-22
   Source: Hunterston
   Last reported: 2023-05-28
   Source: iNat
   Obervation count: 3