Phoca largha Pallas 1811

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
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• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Carnivora; Phocidae; Phoca; Phoca largha; Kamchatka; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11345173; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/80B0B317A6AC2DF060C967310BA3C1E3

Phoca largha Pallas 1811 Phoca largha Pallas 1811, Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, Vol. 1: 113. Type Locality: "quam quod observetur tantum ad orientale littus Camtschatcae" [Eastern coast of Kamchatka, Russia (Shaughnessy and Fay, 1977)]. Vernacular Names: Spotted Seal. Synonyms: Phoca chorisii Lesson 1828; Phoca macrodens J. A. Allen 1902; Phoca nummularis Temminck 1844; Phoca ochotensis J. A. Allen 1902; Phoca pallasii Naumov and Smirnov 1936; Phoca petersi Mohr 1941; Phoca pribilofensis Allen 1902; Phoca tigrina Lesson 1827. Distribution: Associated with pack ice in coastal N Pacific of Canada, China (south to Fujian), Japan (south to Shikoku), Russia (Bering and Okhotsk Seas), USA (Alaska). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Scheffer (1958) considered largha as conspecific with vitulina however, Shaughnessy and Fay (1977) and King (1983) separated the two. Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 599, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519