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Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Phocidae

Genus: Phoca

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FAO

Pacific Ocean and the Arc
Max. Length 170 cm TL
Phoca larghaPallas, 1811

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Phoca largha
[Larga seal]

Ryan, Paddy

Atlantic Ocean, Pacific O
Max. Length 190 cm TL
Phoca vitulinaLinnaeus, 1758

Photo by Ryan, Paddy
 
Phoca vitulina
[Harbour seal]


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