Pusa hispida - #5762
Ringed Seal
Geographic Distribution
Arctic Ocean and coastal regions of Açôres (vagrant), Canada (Nettilling Lake, Baffin Isl), China (vagrant: Jiangsu), Estonia, Finland (Saimaa Lake), Germany (vagrant), Greenland, Japan (Hokkaido, vagrant: Shikoku, Kyushu), Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal (vagrant), Russia (Okhotsk, Bering, and Baltic Seas), Sweden, USA (vagrant: New Jersey, California).
Order/Family
Phocidae
Genus
Pusa
Specific Epithet
hispida
Image Location
Canada, Nunavat territory, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Pond Inlet
Image Date
18 June 2018
Photographer
CR Scharf