Description

Size:

Maximum length: males, 1.9 m; females, 1.8 m; pups, 0.85 m at birth
Maximum weight: males, 135 kg; females, 120 kg

Features:

• plump
• long, wide, flattened head
• long, tapering muzzle
• large eyes set close together
• small, slightly pointed, angular fore-flippers

Colour:

• background colour is silvery-white
• two black bands join over the shoulders and extend down the sides to the pelvis, forming the characteristic "harp" shape for which this seal is named
• face is black
• pups are born with a pure white fur