Editing Grey seal (section)

{{Short description|Species of pinniped}}
{{other uses|Grey Seal (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2015}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Grey seal
| image = Donna Nook NNR - Grey Seal pupping and breeding season - 38804871202.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| image2 = Focas grises (Halichoerus grypus), playa de Horsey, Norfolk, Inglaterra, 2022-11-20, DD 11.jpg
| image2_caption = Female with pup
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Bowen, D. |date=2016 |title=''Halichoerus grypus'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T9660A45226042 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T9660A45226042.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Halichoerus
| parent_authority = [[Sven Nilsson (zoologist)|Nilsson]], 1820
| species = grypus
| authority = ([[Otto Fabricius|O. Fabricius]], 1791)
| range_map = Halichoerus grypus map.svg
| range_map_caption = Grey seal range<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />
}}

The '''grey seal''' ('''''Halichoerus grypus''''') is a large [[pinniped|seal]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Phocidae]], which are commonly referred to as "true seals" or "earless seals". The only species classified in the [[genus]] '''''Halichoerus''''', it is found on both shores of the North [[Atlantic Ocean]]. In [[Latin]], ''Halichoerus grypus'' means "hook-nosed sea pig". Its name is spelled '''gray seal''' in the [[United States]]; it is also known as '''Atlantic seal'''<ref name="sokolov1984">{{cite book|last=Sokolov|first=Vladimir|title=Пятиязычный словарь названий животных. Млекопитающие.|year=1984|place=Moscow}}</ref> and the '''horsehead seal'''.<ref name="sokolov1984"/><ref name=Mowat>{{cite book |last1=Mowat |first1=Farley |title=Sea of Slaughter |publisher=Atlantic Monthly Press Publishing |edition=First American |year=1984 |isbn=0871130130}}</ref>