Spotted Seal
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Phoca largha Pallas, 1811 |
The Spotted Seal (Phoca largha), also known as the Larga Seal, inhabits the ice and waters of the north Pacific Ocean and adjacent seas. It is primarily found along the continental shelf of the Beaufort, Chukchi, Bering and Okhotsk Seas and south to the northern Yellow Sea and western Sea of Japan.
[edit] References
- ^ Seal Specialist Group (1996). Phoca largha. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
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