Phoca groenlandica, Print, The harp seal or saddleback seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean. Originally in the genus Phoca with a number of other species, it was reclassified into the monotypic genus Pagophilus in 1844. In Latin, its scientific name translates to "ice-lover from Greenland, " and its taxonomic synonym, Phoca groenlandica translates to "Greenlandic seal.

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Caption: Phoca groenlandica, Print, The harp seal or saddleback seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean. Originally in the genus Phoca with a number of other species, it was reclassified into the monotypic genus Pagophilus in 1844. In Latin, its scientific name translates to "ice-lover from Greenland, " and its taxonomic synonym, Phoca groenlandica translates to "Greenlandic seal.

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Keywords: 1844 • ARCTIC OCEAN • EARLESS SEAL • GENUS PHOCA • GREENLAND • GREENLAND: GRL • HARP SEAL • ICE-LOVER • INDÍGENA • INDIGENAS • INDIGÈNE • INDIGENOUS PEOPLE • INDIGENOUS • LATIN • MONOTYPIC GENUS PAGOPHILUS • NATIVE • NATIVES • NORTHERNMOST ATLANTIC OCEAN • NUMBER • ORIGINALLY • PAGOPHILUS GROENLANDICUS • PHOCA GROENLANDICA • PRINT • RECLASSIFIED • SADDLEBACK SEAL • SCIENTIFIC NAME TRANSLATES • SPECIES • TRUE SEAL