Animal - Baby Harp Seal by Fred Bruemmer - Athena postcard

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Baby Harp Seal by Fred Bruemmer
• Publisher:  Athena International
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  1st class vermillion defin.
• Postmark(s):  1993
• Sent to:  Cowes, Isle of Wight
• Notes / condition:  slight wear due to posta use

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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The harp seal or saddleback seal is a species of earless seal native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and parts of the Arctic Ocean. It now belongs to the monotypic genus Pagophilus. Its scientific name, Pagophilus groenlandicus, means ""ice-lover from Greenland"", and its synonym, Phoca groenlandica means ""Greenland seal"".^[2] Originally in the genus Phoca with a number of other species, it has since been reclassified into its own genus Pagophilus

The harp seal has a cute face with silvery-gray body. Its eyes are pure black. It has black harp or wishbone-shaped markings on the back.^[2] The baby harp seal (pup) has a yellow-white coat at birth, but after three days, the coat turns white and stays white for about 12 days. Adult harp seals grow up to be 1.7 to 2.0 m (5 to 6 feet) long and weigh from 140 to 190 kg (300 to 400 pounds).

The harp seal population is found in three separate populations, each of which uses a specific breeding site. The western North Atlantic stock, which is the largest, is located off eastern Canada. This population is further divided into two separate herds based on the breeding location. The Front herd breeds off the coast of Labrador and Newfoundland, and the Gulf herd breeds near the Magdalen Islands in the middle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. A second stock breeds on the ""West Ice"" off eastern Greenland. A third stock breeds on the ""East Ice"" in the White Sea, which is off the coast of Russia. Breeding occurs between mid-February and April, and varies somewhat for each stock.^[4][5]

There are two recognised subspecies:^[6]

• Pagophilus groenlandicus groenlandicus - Eastern Canada to Norway
• Pagophilus groenlandicus oceanicus - White and Barents Seas

type=printed postcards

theme=animals

sub-theme=seals

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period=1945 - present

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