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Spotted seal size: How big do they get?

How big does a Spotted seal get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Spotted seal (Phoca largha) reaches an average size of 1.64 meter (5′ 5″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 35.5 years, they grow from 7.1 kg (15.65 lbs) to 99.02 kg (218.3 lbs). A Spotted seal has 1 babies at once. The Spotted seal (genus: Phoca) is a member of the family Phocidae.

As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.

The average adult size of a Spotted seal is (5' 5

The spotted seal (Phoca largha), also known as the larga seal or largha seal, is a member of the family Phocidae, and is considered a “true seal”. It inhabits ice floes and waters of the north Pacific Ocean and adjacent seas. It is primarily found along the continental shelf of the Beaufort, Chukchi, Bering and Okhotsk Seas and south to the northern Yellow Sea and it migrates south as far as northern Huanghai and the western Sea of Japan. It is also found in Alaska from the southeastern Bristol Bay to Demarcation Point during the ice-free seasons of summer and autumn when spotted seals mate and have pups. Smaller numbers are found in the Beaufort Sea. It is sometimes mistaken for the harbor seal to which it is closely related and spotted seals and harbor seals often mingle together in areas where their habitats overlap.The reduction in arctic ice floes due to global warming led to concerns that the spotted seal was threatened with extinction. Studies were conducted on its population numbers, with the conclusion, as of October 15, 2009, that the spotted seal population in Alaskan waters is not currently to be listed as endangered by NOAA.

Animals of the same family as a Spotted seal

We found other animals of the Phocidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Spotted seal

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Spotted seal:

Animals with the same litter size as a Spotted seal

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Spotted seal:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Spotted seal

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Spotted seal:

Animals with the same weight as a Spotted seal

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Phoca largha: