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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Mammals
  5. Carnivores
  6. Pinnipeds
  7. True Seals

family

True Seals

Phocidae

Includes
8 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Phocinae 6 native
  • Monachinae 2 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native true seals All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina 72,758 observations
  • Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus 22,124 observations
  • Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris 12,515 observations
  • Hawaiian Monk Seal Neomonachus schauinslandi 3,526 observations
  • Harp Seal Pagophilus groenlandicus 909 observations
  • Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus 903 observations
  • Ringed Seal Pusa hispida 883 observations
  • Spotted Seal Phoca largha 862 observations
  • Hooded Seal Cystophora cristata 154 observations
  • Ribbon Seal Histriophoca fasciata 8 observations

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