Phoca vitulina Linnaeus 1758
14. Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina French: Phoque commun / German: Seehund / Spanish: Foca moteada Other common names: Common Seal, Harbour Seal; Eastern Atlantic Harbor Seal (vitulina); Western Atlantic Harbor Seal (concolor); Eastern Pacific Harbor Seal (richardii); Kuril Seal, Western Pacific Harbor...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:6607263 2023-05-15T15:56:09+02:00 Phoca vitulina Linnaeus 1758 Russell A. Mittermeier Don E. Wilson 2014-07-31 https://zenodo.org/record/6607263 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6607263 unknown Lynx Edicions info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://treatment.plazi.org/id/464F694FFFA7A859FA37DE50918CFD08 doi:10.5281/zenodo.6607185 http://publication.plazi.org/id/BA761137FFAAA857FFF1D6539643FF96 doi:10.5281/zenodo.6607265 doi:10.5281/zenodo.6607236 doi:10.5281/zenodo.6607262 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://zenodo.org/record/6607263 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6607263 oai:zenodo.org:6607263 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Phocidae Phoca Phoca vitulina info:eu-repo/semantics/other publication-taxonomictreatment 2014 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.660726310.5281/zenodo.660718510.5281/zenodo.660726510.5281/zenodo.660723610.5281/zenodo.6607262 2023-03-11T00:32:51Z 14. Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina French: Phoque commun / German: Seehund / Spanish: Foca moteada Other common names: Common Seal, Harbour Seal; Eastern Atlantic Harbor Seal (vitulina); Western Atlantic Harbor Seal (concolor); Eastern Pacific Harbor Seal (richardii); Kuril Seal, Western Pacific Harbor Seal (stejnegeri) Taxonomy. Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758, “in mari Europzo.” Restricted by O. Thomas in 1911 to “Mari Bothnico et Baltico.” Some authors recognize a subspecies, mellonae (Seal Lakes or Ungava seal), from lakes and rivers of Ungava Peninsula in Canada, but it 1s not included here. The four subspecies of P. vitulina, two in the North Pacific Ocean and two in the North Atlantic Ocean, are distinguishable based on morphology and genetics, but geographical boundaries separating richardii from steynegeri (North Pacific) and vitulina from concolor (North Atlantic) are not precisely known. Four subspecies recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. P.v.vitulinaLinnaeus,1758—NEAtlanticOceanincludingSvalbardStoNWFrance(Brittany),withoccasionalsightingsasfarSasNPortugal;Wboundaryuncertain,perhapsIceland. P.v.concolorDeKay,1842—NWAtlanticOcean,frommid-AtlanticUSAtotheCanadianArcticandEtoGreenland;Eboundaryuncertain,perhapsIceland. P. v. richardGray, 1864 — NE Pacific Ocean, from Aleutian Is through the Gulf of Alaska (including Iliamna Lake) S to the coast of Baja California (N Mexico); contact zone with stejnegert may occur in W Alaska Peninsula-E Aleutian Is. P. v. stejnegeri Allen, 1902 — NW Pacific Ocean along the coast of Russian Far East, from Kamchatka, the Kuril Is to N Japan (Hokkaido) and E to the Aleutian Is; contact zone with richardii may occur in E Aleutian Is—W Alaska Peninsula. Descriptive notes. Total length c.140-190 cm (males) and ¢.120-170 cm (females); weight ¢.100-140 kg (males) and c.80-120 kg (females). Newborns are 75-100 cm in length and weigh 8-12 kg. Harbor Seals are moderate-sized phocid carnivores, with rounded heads. Average length varies among populations; the largest Harbor Seals ... Other/Unknown Material common seal foca moteada harbor seal harbour seal Kamchatka North Atlantic Phoca vitulina phoque commun Ungava peninsula Alaska seehund Zenodo Baja Gulf of Alaska Canada Pacific Ungava Peninsula ENVELOPE(-73.999,-73.999,60.000,60.000) Foca ENVELOPE(-55.384,-55.384,-60.986,-60.986) |
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14. Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina French: Phoque commun / German: Seehund / Spanish: Foca moteada Other common names: Common Seal, Harbour Seal; Eastern Atlantic Harbor Seal (vitulina); Western Atlantic Harbor Seal (concolor); Eastern Pacific Harbor Seal (richardii); Kuril Seal, Western Pacific Harbor Seal (stejnegeri) Taxonomy. Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758, “in mari Europzo.” Restricted by O. Thomas in 1911 to “Mari Bothnico et Baltico.” Some authors recognize a subspecies, mellonae (Seal Lakes or Ungava seal), from lakes and rivers of Ungava Peninsula in Canada, but it 1s not included here. The four subspecies of P. vitulina, two in the North Pacific Ocean and two in the North Atlantic Ocean, are distinguishable based on morphology and genetics, but geographical boundaries separating richardii from steynegeri (North Pacific) and vitulina from concolor (North Atlantic) are not precisely known. Four subspecies recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. P.v.vitulinaLinnaeus,1758—NEAtlanticOceanincludingSvalbardStoNWFrance(Brittany),withoccasionalsightingsasfarSasNPortugal;Wboundaryuncertain,perhapsIceland. P.v.concolorDeKay,1842—NWAtlanticOcean,frommid-AtlanticUSAtotheCanadianArcticandEtoGreenland;Eboundaryuncertain,perhapsIceland. P. v. richardGray, 1864 — NE Pacific Ocean, from Aleutian Is through the Gulf of Alaska (including Iliamna Lake) S to the coast of Baja California (N Mexico); contact zone with stejnegert may occur in W Alaska Peninsula-E Aleutian Is. P. v. stejnegeri Allen, 1902 — NW Pacific Ocean along the coast of Russian Far East, from Kamchatka, the Kuril Is to N Japan (Hokkaido) and E to the Aleutian Is; contact zone with richardii may occur in E Aleutian Is—W Alaska Peninsula. Descriptive notes. Total length c.140-190 cm (males) and ¢.120-170 cm (females); weight ¢.100-140 kg (males) and c.80-120 kg (females). Newborns are 75-100 cm in length and weigh 8-12 kg. Harbor Seals are moderate-sized phocid carnivores, with rounded heads. Average length varies among populations; the largest Harbor Seals ... |
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Phoca vitulina Linnaeus 1758 |
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Phoca vitulina Linnaeus 1758 |
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Phoca vitulina Linnaeus 1758 |
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Phoca vitulina Linnaeus 1758 |
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Phoca vitulina Linnaeus 1758 |
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ENVELOPE(-73.999,-73.999,60.000,60.000) ENVELOPE(-55.384,-55.384,-60.986,-60.986) |
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Baja Gulf of Alaska Canada Pacific Ungava Peninsula Foca |
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Baja Gulf of Alaska Canada Pacific Ungava Peninsula Foca |
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common seal foca moteada harbor seal harbour seal Kamchatka North Atlantic Phoca vitulina phoque commun Ungava peninsula Alaska seehund |
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common seal foca moteada harbor seal harbour seal Kamchatka North Atlantic Phoca vitulina phoque commun Ungava peninsula Alaska seehund |
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