Phoca groenlandica Erxleben 1777

Phoca groenlandica Erxleben, 1777. Syst. Regni Anim., 1:588. TYPE LOCALITY: "in Groenlandia et Newfoundland." DISTRIBUTION: N Atlantic and Arctic oceans from E Canada to the White Sea (Russia). SYNONYMS: albicauda Desmarest, 1822; albini Alessandrini, 1851; dorsata Pallas, 1811; leucopla T...

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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
Phoca
Phoca groenlandica
Arctic
Canada
White Sea
Groenlandia
Newfoundland
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7288724
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7288724
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Summary:Phoca groenlandica Erxleben, 1777. Syst. Regni Anim., 1:588. TYPE LOCALITY: "in Groenlandia et Newfoundland." DISTRIBUTION: N Atlantic and Arctic oceans from E Canada to the White Sea (Russia). SYNONYMS: albicauda Desmarest, 1822; albini Alessandrini, 1851; dorsata Pallas, 1811; leucopla Thienemann, 1824; oceanica Lepechin, 1778; semilunaris Boddaert, 1785. COMMENTS: Placed in Pagophilus Gray, 1844, followed by Scheffer (1958) and Muizon (1982a). 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 pages 331-332, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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