A review of the taxonomy and nomenclature of North Pacific Harbour seals

• Published in: Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Shaughnessy, Peter D., Fay, Francis H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1977
• Subjects: Baja; Larga; Okhotsk; Pacific; harbour seal; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1977.tb03917.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1977.tb03917.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1977.tb03917.x; https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1977.tb03917.x

The previous multitude of taxa of North Pacific Harbour seals is referable to, at most, three forms: the ice‐inhabiting Larga seal, Phoca vitulina largha the Insular seal of eastern Asia, P. v. stejnegeri and the coastal Harbour seal of western North America, P. v. richardsi. In the breeding season,...