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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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
Leptonychotes
Leptonychotes weddellii
Antarctic
New Zealand
Stirling
Antarc*
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7288689
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7288689
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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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