Leptonychotes weddellii
Leptonychotes weddellii (Lesson, 1826). Bull. Sci. Nat. Geol., 7:437. TYPE LOCALITY: "sur les côtes des Orcades australes, situées sour 60 degrés 37 minutes de lat" [South Orkney Isl (Br. Antarct. Trust Terr.)]. DISTRIBUTION: Coastal fast ice areas of Antarctic continent and adjacent islan...
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Smithsonian Institution Press
1993
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Summary: | Leptonychotes weddellii (Lesson, 1826). Bull. Sci. Nat. Geol., 7:437. TYPE LOCALITY: "sur les côtes des Orcades australes, situées sour 60 degrés 37 minutes de lat" [South Orkney Isl (Br. Antarct. Trust Terr.)]. DISTRIBUTION: Coastal fast ice areas of Antarctic continent and adjacent islands; occasionally north to South America, Australia, and New Zealand. SYNONYMS: leopardina Hamilton, 1839. COMMENTS: Reviewed by Stirling (1971, Mammalian Species, 6) and Kooyman (1981). 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 330, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7359191 |
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