Callorhinus ursinus ...

• Main Authors: Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T., Koprowski, John L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Carnivora; Otariidae; Callorhinus; Callorhinus ursinus; Dickerson; Morrison; Bering Island; Northern fur seal
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4571302; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.4571302

Callorhinus ursinus (Linnaeus, 1758) —Northern Fur Seal Phoca ursina Linnaeus, 1758 p.37; Type locality- Bering Island. Callorhinus curilensis Jordan and Clark in Jordan et al., 1899 p.3; Type locality- Kuriles. Otoes ursinus : Kuroda, 1938 p.22. C. ursinus: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.322; Won, 1958 p.436; Won, 1967 p.94; Won, 1968 p.331; Won & Smith, 1999 p.29; Kim 2004 p.190. C. ursinus curilensis: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.322. Range: The long migratory route for C. ursinus courses mostly along the eastern coast and sometimes the southern shore of the Korean Peninsula (Fig. 60). This species frequently occurs on Dok-Island. Often, fishermen incidentally catch northern fur seals in the East Sea during winter. Remarks: Marine biologists have long recognized the monotypy of Callorhinus ursinus. Mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite data identified a weak population structure across the extensive range of this taxon (Dickerson et al. 2010). Conservation status: North Korea made C. ... : Published as part of Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 4522 (1) on pages 92-93, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2610198 ...