1. What is your animal name?

It's name is the Harp Seal it's scentific name is Phoca groenlandica The Norwegian name for the harp seal, Selhund, which means Sea Dog, and the French name, loup-marin, or sea wolf,

2. Where does it live?

Harp seals occur in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters of the North Atlantic Ocean

3. How big are they and how long would they live?

Males are only slightly larger than females; the average length (from the nose to the tip of the tail) of adult males is 169 cm, and of adult females 162 cm. Weight ranges from 85 to 180 kg depending on time of year. Harp seals may live 35 years or more.

4.How long have they existed?

The harp seal (Phoca groenlandica) is a marine mammal belonging to the Suborder Pinnipedia (fin-footed animals) and the Family Phocidae (true seals lacking external ears). The fossil remains of harp seals indicate they existed during the middle Miocene age, approximately 20 million years ago. They apparently originated in the northern hemisphere and are derived from a stock of land-based flesh-eating mammals.

5. How is your animal brought up, cared for ect.

During spring, harp seals migrate north following the receding pack ice. Through their summer residence in the Arctic, harp seals reach as far north as Jones and Lancaster Sounds in the Canadian Arctic and Thule in northwestern Greenland. To reach these northern waters, harp seals must swim more than 3 200 km. Small numbers also move westward into Hudson Bay, reaching Southampton Island and occasionally as far south as the Belcher Islands near James Bay. The southward migration begins just ahead of the formation of new Arctic ice and involves all adults and most juveniles. Some immature seals spend much of the winter in the Arctic, as tagged seals have been recorded at West Greenland in all months

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