Cystophora cristata

Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777). Syst. Regni Anim., 1:590. TYPE LOCALITY: "Habitat in Groenlandia australiori et Newfoundland". [S Greenland and Newfoundland]. DISTRIBUTION: N Atlantic and Arctic oceans, from Newfoundland (Canada) to S Greenland, Svalbard and Novaya Zemlya (Russia); o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: W. Christopher Wozencraft
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Phocidae
Cystophora
Cystophora cristata
Arctic
Svalbard
Canada
Greenland
Groenlandia
Newfoundland
Novaya Zemlya
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7288668
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7288668
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Summary:Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777). Syst. Regni Anim., 1:590. TYPE LOCALITY: "Habitat in Groenlandia australiori et Newfoundland". [S Greenland and Newfoundland]. DISTRIBUTION: N Atlantic and Arctic oceans, from Newfoundland (Canada) to S Greenland, Svalbard and Novaya Zemlya (Russia); occasionally south to Portugal and Florida (USA). SYNONYMS: borealis Nilsson, 1820; dimidiata Riippell, 1842. COMMENTS: Reviewed by Kovacs and Lavigne (1986, Mammalian Species, 258). Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 329, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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