Dear colleagues, I am writing a book chapter on the Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardii, and I have to include common names in other languages. These are difficult to obtain from the literature, and translations from dictionaries are not reliable. Therefore, I kindly ask you to confirm or correct the common names in: Portuguese (Foca comum o do porto do Pacifico) French (Phoque commun, du port du Pacifique) Italian (Foca di porto del Pacifico) German (Pazifischer Seehund) Dutch (Pacifische gewone zeehond) Thank you and best regards, Gisela Heckel, Ph.D. gheckel@cicese.mx <mailto:gheckel@cicese.mx> CICESE Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada (Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education) Conservation Biology Department Ensenada, Baja California Mexico