Common Seal                 Welcome to Zonein's Animals of the Arctic information files.
Common name: Common Seal or harbour seal

Scientific name: Phoca vitulina

Location: found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines

Size: lengths of  1.8 metres, weight up to 132kg

Life Span:  up to 35 years

Current Status: not endangered

Habitat: coastlines

Fast facts:
---Diet: fish, shrimp, crabs, mollusks and squid
---they can travel uo to 50km to feeding areas
---they can dive down to 500m

 

Common Seal or harbour seal
Common Seal (Phoca vitulina)
Source: Marcel Burkhard alias cele4