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A harp seal is a marine mammal found in the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans, recognizable by the distinctive dark harp-shaped markings on its back. These seals are important to Arctic ecosystems as marine predators and are culturally significant to Indigenous peoples of the region, though commercial hunting has made them a subject of international conservation debate.
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- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCarnivora
- FamilyPhocidae
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The harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), also known as the 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. In Greek, its scientific name translates to "Greenlandic ice-lover", and its taxonomic synonym, Phoca groenlandica translates to "Greenlandic seal".
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Fauna listed on CITES Appendix IIIIUCN Red List near threatened speciesMammals described in 1777Mammals of EuropeMammals of GreenlandPhocinsPinnipeds of EuropePinnipeds of North AmericaPinnipeds of the Arctic OceanTaxa named by Johann Christian Polycarp ErxlebenTaxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDsTaxonbars with automatically added original combinations