Mammalia | 
Carnivora | 
Phocidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range				
				
					पारिस्थितिकी				
				
			
			
				बाथीड़िमरसल.  Temperate; 90°N -   0°S, 180°W -   180°E			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, the Arctic and North America Inland Waters:  Portugal, Iceland, Greenland, Canada Newfoundland, Spain, France, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Russia, UK, USA, Canada, Mexico, Alaska, Japan, Kamchatka (Ref. 1394), Br Scotland, Madeira, British Columbia, Kuril Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Gulf of California, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea, Hudson Bay (Ref. 1522); Phoca vitulina vitulina:  Portugal, UK, Iceland, Greenland, Br Scotland, Norway, Madeira, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea; Phoca vitulina concolor:  Canada, Hudson Bay, USA, Greenland, Iceland; Phoca vitulina richardii:  Mexico, Alaska, British Columbia, USA, Gulf of California; Phoca vitulina stejnegeri:  Japan, Kamchatka, Alaska, Sea of Okhotsk, Kuril Island; Phoca vitulina mellonae:  Hudson Bay, James Bay.  Temperate to polar regions.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age
			
			
				परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 190 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 1394); 170 cm TL (female); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 150.0 kg (संदर्भ 1394); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 150.0 kg			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Found in coastal waters of the continental shelf and slope (Ref. 1394); and whelp in groups on beaches, sandbars, and rocky reefs (Ref. 1522).  Feeds on a wide variety of fish, cephalopods, and crustaceans of surface, mid-water and benthic habitats (Ref. 1394).  It is preyed upon by the great white shark (Ref. 32140). Found in coastal waters of the continental shelf and slope (Ref. 1394); and whelp in groups on beaches, sandbars, and rocky reefs (Ref. 1522).   Also for resting, moulting and lactation during low tides.  Typically perform U-shaped dives.  Leave the coast on foraging trips to deeper offshore waters where prey is abundant  (Ref. 96347).  Feeds on a wide variety of fish, cephalopods, and crustaceans of surface, mid-water and benthic habitats (Ref. 1394).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber 1993 FAO species Identification Guide: Marine Mammals of the World. Rome, FAO. 320 p. + 587 figures. (संदर्भ 1394)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (संदर्भ 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (संदर्भ 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				CMS (संदर्भ 116361)
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				मात्स्यिकी: व्यापारिक			
			
			
				FAO - मात्स्यिकी: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us			
			
			
			
			
			
साधन
			
			
			
			
				
					अधिक जानकारी				
				
					 Life cycleपुनरुत्पत्ति
परिपक्व अवधि
Fecundity
मछलीऔ का अंडे देना
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
  PhysiologyOxygen consumption
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				इंटरनेट स्रोत
			
			
			
			
			
				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 3.4 - 11.2, mean 8.7 (based on 1375 cells).			
 
			
			
			
							
					लौटाव  				
				
				
					माध्यम, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 1.4 - 4.4 वर्ष। (K=0.09-0.4).				
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						High to very high vulnerability (74 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.