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The harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), also known as Saddleback Seal or Greenland Seal, is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean. Originally in the genus Phoca with a number of other species, it was reclassified into the monotypic genus Pagophilus in 1844.
The Lower Wells haul-out site receives the most use, with peak counts of 30 seals. During the winter months harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus), and occasionally hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus), can be found basking on refuge salt marshes and in offshore waters. Seal strandings are a common occurrence ...
Monk seals are earless seals of the tribe Monachini.They are the only earless seals found in tropical climates. The two genera of monk seals, Monachus and Neomonachus, comprise three species: the Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus; the Hawaiian monk seal, Neomonachus schauinslandi; and the Caribbean monk seal, Neomonachus tropicalis, which became extinct in the 20th century.
Pagophilus Gray, 1844: Harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus (formerly Phoca groenlandica) Histriophoca Gill, 1873: Ribbon seal, Histriophoca fasciata (formerly Phoca fasciata) Halichoerus Nilsson, 1820: Grey seal, Halichoerus grypus
Genus Pagophilus – Gray, 1844 – one species ... IUCN status and estimated population Harp seal. P. groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777) Two subspecies. P. g. groenlandicus;
Saddleback seal, or harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus; Saddleback toad, a genus of small, colourful toads the family Brachycephalidae; British Saddleback, a modern British breed of domestic pig; Wessex Saddleback, a breed of domestic pig originating in the West Country of England
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the Faroe Islands.There are eleven mammal species in the Faroe Islands, of which two are endangered and two are vulnerable.