---
title: "Zadelrob"
description: "Pagophilus groenlandicus — Zoogdieren. The harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), also known as the saddleback seal or Greenland seal, is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/harp-seal
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zadelrob

> Pagophilus groenlandicus — Zoogdieren. The harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), also known as the saddleback seal or Greenland seal, is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Pagophilus groenlandicus*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust), `arctic` (Poolgebied)
- iNaturalist observations: 926
- Wikidata: [Q209324](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209324)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41702](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41702)

## Names

- en: Harp Seal
- de: Sattelrobbe
- es: Foca de Groenlandia
- fr: Phoque du Groenland
- nl: Zadelrob
- pl: Lodofoka grenlandzka

## Countries with the most observations

CA (325), US (140), GL (52), SJ (13), RU (8), NL (4)

## Summary

The harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), also known as the saddleback seal or Greenland seal, is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean. Originally in the genus Phoca with a number of other species, it was reclassified into the monotypic genus Pagophilus in 1844. In Greek, its scientific name translates to "Greenlandic ice-lover", and its taxonomic synonym, Phoca groenlandica translates to "Greenlandic seal".

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harp_seal

## Photo

![Zadelrob](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/harp-seal/medium.jpg)

Photo: Leonel Richard · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15310243

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/harp-seal?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).