DCHP-3

harp mark

Sealing
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the saddle, or markings, by which the harp seal is characterized.

Quotations

1880
The harp seal, like the Crested Seal (the Hood Seal) presents characters at least in the male sex, that readily attract the attention . . . the one by its "Saddle" or "Harp Mark" of black on a light ground, the other by its inflatable hood.