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Harp Seal

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q209324

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
P. groenlandicus[13]
Described by source
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7][8][9]
Gestation period
+11.5[24]
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern, near threatened[3][4]
Original combination
Phoca groenlandica[10]
Parent taxon
Pagophilus[5]
Taxon common name
Harp Seal, Foca pía, Greenland Seal, Sattelrobbe, zadelrob, phoque du groenland, harp seal, grønlandssel, foca groenlandesa, foca dalla sella, grenlandski tjulenj[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Taxon name
Pagophilus groenlandicus[6]
Taxon range
Greenland[25]
Taxon rank
species[2]
Taxon synonym
Phoca groenlandica, Phoca albicauda[11][12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Pagophilus groenlandicus en Pagophilus groenlandica en Harp Seal en harp seal ar فقمة قيثارية cs Pagophilus groenlandica cs tuleň grónský cs Pagophilus groenlandicus da Phoca groenlandica da Pagophilus groenlandicus da Grønlandssæl de Pagophilus groenlandica de Sattelrobbe de Pagophilus groenlandicus de Phoca groenlandica es Foca groenlandesa es Phoca Groenlandica es Foca arpa es Foca pía es Foca pia
🔖 Identifiers · 46
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), Greenland Sea IMG 5075.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Pagophilus_groenlandicus
ARKive ID (archived)
pagophilus-groenlandicus, harp-seal/pagophilus-groenlandicus
ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID
1005924
Belgian Species List ID
28012
CalPhotos taxon ID
Pagophilus+groenlandicus
Catalogue of Life ID
75KB3
DORIS ID
1798
Dyntaxa ID
246082
EUNIS ID for species
15727
Elhuyar ZTH ID
033289
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/harp-seal
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Fossilworks taxon ID
80726
Freebase ID
/m/033f1s
GBIF taxon ID
2434801, 4833167
Golden ID
Harp_seal-W445E4
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
grønlandssel
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2377902
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
grenlandskii-tiulen-98782b
INaturalist taxon ID
41702
IRMNG ID
10941606, 11390044
ITIS TSN
622022
IUCN taxon ID
41671
Interlingual Index ID
i46337
KBpedia ID
HarpSeal
Lex ID
grønlandssæl
MSW ID
14001057
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779493253
NBIC scientific name ID
48056
NBN System Key
NBNSYS0000005138
NOAA Fisheries Species Directory ID
harp-seal
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
taxon/43A8F1BB-9856-4DD7-B06F-044A25E6B9A7
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007550625105171
NatureServe Explorer ID
2.102996
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
139020
OBIS ID
159019
Observation.org taxon ID
7760
Open Library subject ID
harp_seal
Open Tree of Life ID
664062
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
80726
SeaLifeBase ID
71169
TAXREF ID
60797
Topic's main category
Category:Pagophilus groenlandicus
Verspreidingsatlas.nl ID
8496189
Vikidia article ID
fr:Phoque_du_Groenland
WoRMS-ID for taxa
159019

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IUCN conservation status 2
Least Concern, near threatened
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Instance of 1
taxon
Taxon range 1
Greenland
Taxon rank 1
species
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Mickfield
← Shape 1
Paro
← Species kept 1
Detroit Zoo
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Summary

Harp Seal is a taxon[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . eu-nomen.eu. Retrieved . eu-nomen.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · TadejM · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Harp Seal'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Foca pía'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Greenland Seal'} +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: grenlandski tjulenj"
  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range → Greenland
    Parent taxon → Pagophilus
    Original combination → Phoca groenlandica
    Gestation period → {'unit': 'Q5151', 'amount': '+11.5'}
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007550625105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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