Phoca leonina Linnaeus, 1758, spec. nov.

Phoca leonina [spec. nov.] P. capite antice cristato. Leo marinus. Anson. itin. 100. t. 100. Habitat ad polum Antarcticum. Phocae genus natat sub aqua, vix incedit ob pedes anticos retractos, posticos unitos: victitat piscibus; pingve. Mas labio superiore cristato. Dentes 2 fere exserti in maxilla i...

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Main Author: Linnaeus, Carolus
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Published: Laurentius Salvius 1758
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/3919387
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3919387
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Summary:Phoca leonina [spec. nov.] P. capite antice cristato. Leo marinus. Anson. itin. 100. t. 100. Habitat ad polum Antarcticum. Phocae genus natat sub aqua, vix incedit ob pedes anticos retractos, posticos unitos: victitat piscibus; pingve. Mas labio superiore cristato. Dentes 2 fere exserti in maxilla inferiore. Natant gregatim, pugnant pro feminis, excubias agunt. Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on pages 37-38, DOI:10.5962/bhl.title.542, http://zenodo.org/record/3922206