"Phoca vitulina"
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Kingdom: Animal
Characteristics that place it here:
Heterotrophic
Multicellular
Ingests food
Digests it in a internal cavity
Somewhere around one million species of animals inhabit the earth
Range in size
Phylum: Chordata
Characteristics that place it here:
Bilateral symmetry
Segmented body
Including segmented muscles
Three germ layers and a well- developed celom
Single
Dorsal
hollow nerve cord
Class: Mammal
Characteristics that place it here:
Large a quatic mammals distinguished by having flippers
Has a very big brain
Is very muscular
Teeth
Skin
Color pattern
Order: Carnivora
Characteristics that place it here:
bilateral symmetry
segmented body, including segmented muscles
Family: Phocidae
Characteristics that place it here are:
skulls
teeth
sullae
Genus and Species: Pocha vitulina
they do not chew their food
they have modified flippers
very mature animals
are solitary species
have different body movement
There are is a big population of harbor seals everywhere
There are 200,000 seals in Baja California, Mexico
Male Harbor seals are at least 6.6 feet tall and weigh up to about 375 pounds
Female Harbor Seals are at least 5.6 feet tall and weigh about 331 pounds
Harbor seals can stay underwater for over 28 minutes
they can dive down 295 feet deep
A baby Harbor seal is only 39 inches and they can weigh up to 26 pounds
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1995. University of Michigan Museum of zoology. 11 Feb 2004. <http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html>.
2004. 11 Feb 2004. <http://images.google.com/images?q=harbor+seal&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search>.