Harp Seal

The harp seal, also known as 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.

Conservation status: Least Concern (Population increasing)

Trophic level: Omnivorous

Length: 5.6 ft. (Adult)

Scientific name: Pagophilus groenlandicus

Mass: 290 lbs (Adult)

Gestation period: 243 days

Nickname: saddleback seals