Phoca hispida Schreber 1775

Phoca hispida Schreber, 1775. Die Säugethiere, 2(13):pl. 86 (1775]; text, 3(17):312[1776]. TYPE LOCALITY: "Man fängt ihn auf den Küsten von Grönland und Labrader". DISTRIBUTION: Arctic Ocean, Okhotsk, Bering, and Baltic Seas; Finland (Saimaa Lake); Russia (Ladoga Lake); Canda (Nettilling L...

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Main Author: W. Christopher Wozencraft
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Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7288726
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Summary:Phoca hispida Schreber, 1775. Die Säugethiere, 2(13):pl. 86 (1775]; text, 3(17):312[1776]. TYPE LOCALITY: "Man fängt ihn auf den Küsten von Grönland und Labrader". DISTRIBUTION: Arctic Ocean, Okhotsk, Bering, and Baltic Seas; Finland (Saimaa Lake); Russia (Ladoga Lake); Canda (Nettilling Lake, Baffin Isl). STATUS: IUCN - Endangered as P. h. saimensis. SYNONYMS: annellata Nilsson, 1820; beaufortiana Anderson, 1943; birulai Smirnov, 1929; botnica Gmelin, 1788; foetida Fabricius, 1776; gichigensis Allen, 1902; krascheninikovi Naumov and Smirnov, 1936; ladogensis Nordquist, 1899; octonata Kutorga, 1839; pomororum Smirnov, 1929; pygmaea Zukowsky, 1914; saimensis Nordquist, 1899; soperi Anderson, 1943. COMMENTS: Placed in Pusa Scopoli, 1777, followed by Scheffer (1958). Mohr (1952) described successful mating in captivity between Phoca hispida and Halichoerus grypus. 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 332, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191