HARBOR, HAIR, or SPOTTED SEAL, Phoca vitulina 



(Kashigiak) 



Range. — Bering Sea to coast of Mexico, occa- 

 sionally north to Point Barrow and east to Her- 

 schel Island, Yukon; widespread in northern 

 American waters of Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. 



Habitat. — Along coasts, usually in protected 

 bays or on offshore islands; occasionally in large 

 inland lakes. Hauls out on sandbars or rocks, but 

 seldom in vicinity of pack ice. 



Race in Alaska.- — The race in Alaskan coastal 

 water is richa7'dii (type locality: Vancouver 

 Island, British Columbia) . 



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