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      Home > Mammals > Seals & Sea Lions Common Seal Photographer: Baldhur Common Seal Range Map (N Atlantic & N Pacific) Latin Name Phoca vitulina Conservation Status Least Concern Location N Atlantic & N Pacific Colour Grey & Brown Length 1.4 - 1.9 m (4.5 - 6.25 ft) We

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Seals Seals can be found in all waters of the world, from the Arctic and Antarctic to tropical waters. They belong to the order Pinnipedia, which means fin-footed. Pinnipeds have four flippers - one pair in front, and one pair in back. There are 3 different families in the Pinnipeadia group. Phocidae (true seals), Ota

Pinnipeds (), (from Latin pinna fin and pes, pedis foot ) commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous , fin-footed, semiaquatic marine mammal s. They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus ), Otariidae (the eared seals sea lion s and fur se

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