page_title: List of mammals of North America
section_title: Earless seals
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of North America / Carnivores / Earless seals
context_page_description: This is a list of North American mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in North America north of Mexico, whether resident or as migrants. There is a separate list of Mexican mammals. Mammal species which became extinct in the last 10,000 to 13,000 years are also included in this article. Each species is listed, with its binomial name. Most established introduced species occurring across multiple states and provinces are also noted.
  Some species are identified as indicated below:
  = Accidental: occurrence based on one or a few records, and unlikely to occur regularly
  = Extinct: died out between 13,000 years ago and the present
  = Extirpated: no longer occurs in area of interest, but other populations exist elsewhere
  (I) = Introduced: population established solely as result of direct or indirect human intervention; synonymous with non-native and non-indigenous
  Conservation status - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:
  EX - extinct, EW - extinct in the wild
  CR - critically endangered, EN - endangered, VU - vulnerable
  NT - near threatened, LC - least concern
  DD - data deficient, NE - not evaluated
  and Endangered Species Act:
  E - endangered, T - threatened
context_section_description: Caribbean monk seal, Monachus tropicalis  (E) EX
  Hawaiian monk seal, Monachus schauinslandi  (Hawaiian Islands only) CR E
  Northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris  LC
  Bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus  LC
  Hooded seal, Cystophora cristata  VU
  Harbor seal, Phoca vitulina  LC
  Spotted seal, Phoca largha  DD T
  Ringed seal, Pusa hispida  LC
  Harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus  LC
  Ribbon seal, Histriophoca fasciata  DD
  Grey seal, Halichoerus grypus  LC
caption: Harbor seal
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