Catalina Island Ecology: Animal Species
Photo: Jack Baldelli
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| Common Name: | | Harbor Seal |
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| Scientific Name: | | Phoca vitulina |
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| Kingdom: | | Animalia |
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| Phylum: | | Chordata |
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| Class: | | Mammalia |
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| Family: | | Phocidae |
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| Genus: | | Phoca |
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| Species: | | vitulina |
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| Habitat: | | Hauls out on sandy and pebble beaches, intertidal rocks and ledges, and sand bars |
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| Food: | | Highly varied diet of fish, octopus, and squid |
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| Range: | | Range widely in coastal areas of the North Pacific and North Atlantic |
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| Rare or Endemic: | | No |
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| Resident: | | No |
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| Introduced: | | No |
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| Federal Status: | | Marine Mammal Protection Act |
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Comments:
Fairly common, non-migratory pinnipeds found on California Islands and along entire mainland coast
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