Phoca largha Pallas 1811 ...

• 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; Phocidae; Phoca; Phoca largha; Morrison; harbor seal; Kamchatka
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4571309; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.4571309

Phoca largha Pallas, 1811 —Spotted Seal, largha seal Phoca largha Pallas, 1811 p.113; Type locality- eastern coast of Kamchatka; Won & Smith, 1999 p.29; Kim, 2004 p.194. P. vitulina: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.328; Won, 1968 p.336. P. vitulina largha: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.328; Won, 1958 p.436; Won, 1968 p.338. Range: A large colony of several hundred P. largha migrates annually through the Yellow Sea, East Sea, and Korea Strait and moves onto Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea (Won & Yoo 2004; Fig. 64). Also, several individuals reside along the coast in small rocky islets near Gyeongpo beach, Gangneung City in the East Sea and Garorim Bay in the Yellow Sea (NIBR 2015). Remarks: Based on external appearances, harbor and spotted seals are not readily distinguishable from each other. The two species are very similar in appearance, but the spots of the harbor seal tend to appear more faded and sparser on the underside of the body. The spotted seal is slightly smaller than ... : 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 97-99, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2610198 ...