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, the
Baltic and
North Seas.