Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Dotard Sighting: Distribution of the Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina

"The origin for the name "doter" or "dotard" for older seals is not known."

from:

Distribution of the Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, in Canadian Arctic Waters
Arthur W. Mansfield
Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 48, No. 2 (May, 1967), pp. 249-257
doi:10.2307/1378028
This article consists of 9 page(s). View Article Abstract

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