Harbor Seal Against A Giant Octopus, Ogden Point, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

• Ungava seals, P. v. mellonae (Doutt, 1942), are found in eastern Canada in fresh water (included in P. v. concolor by many authors).
• Pacific common seals, P. v. richardsi (Gray, 1864), are located in western North America.
• Insular seals, Phoca vitulina stejnegeri (J. A. Allen, 1902), are in eastern Asia.
• Eastern Atlantic common seals, P. v. vitulina (L., 1758), from Europe and western Asia.