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Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Phocidae
genus
Phoca
species
Phoca vitulina

Name

Synonyms
Callocephalus vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Halichoerus antarcticus Peale, 1848
Halicyon pealei Gray, 1871
Homonyms
Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Atlantic harbor seal in English
Borjúfóka in Hungarian
Common Seal in English
Common Seal in English
Common Seal in English
Common Seal, Harbour Seal in English
Common seal in English
Eastern Atlantic Harbour Seal in English
Foca Moteada in English
Foca comune in Italian
Foca común in Spanish
Foca común in Spanish
Foca común in Spanish
Foca común in Spanish
Foca moteada in Spanish
Foca moteada in language.
Foca-vitulina in Portuguese
Foka pospolita in Polish
Gewone zeehond in Dutch
Harbor Seal in English
Harbor Seal in English
Harbor Seal in English
Harbor Seal in English
Harbor Seal in English
Harbor Seal in English
Harbor Seal in English
Harbor seal in English
Harbour Seal in English
Harbour Seal; Eastern Atlantic Harbor Seal (vitulina); Western Atlantic Harbor Seal (concolor); Eastern Pacific Harbor Seal (richardii); Kuril Seal in English
Harbour Seal; Eastern Atlantic Harbor Seal (vitulina); Western Atlantic Harbor Seal (concolor); Eastern Pacific Harbor Seal (richardii); Kuril Seal in English
Harbour seal in English
Kirjohylje in Finnish
Knubbsäl in Swedish
Landselur in Icelandic
Landselur in Icelandic
Liman focu in Turkish
Morloi Cyffredin in Welsh
Navadni tjulenj in Slovenian
Paprastasis ruonis in Lithuanian
Phoque Commun in English
Phoque commun in French
Phoque veau-marin in French
Phoque veau-marin, Phoque commun in French
Plankumainais ronis in Latvian
Randalhüljes in Estonian
Seehund in German
Seehund in German
Seehund in German
Seehund in German
Seehund in German

Bibliographic References

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  2. (2005) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2005
  3. (2010) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2010
  4. ArtDatabanken (2004) TAXA-tabellen
  5. ArtDatabanken (2004) TAXA-tabellen
  6. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  7. Gärdenfors (2000) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2000
  8. Gärdenfors (ed.) (2010) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2010
  9. Gärdenfors (ed.), U. (2005) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2005
  10. Hall, R. (2004) Däggdjur
  11. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 22 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology of (a) the specific names of fifty-seven species, each of which is the type species of a genus in the class Mammalia, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936, and (B) of the specific names of two species belonging to the same class, each of which is currently regarded as the oldest available name for the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List in the same period.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C13), 179-200 (1955)
  12. Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p.
  13. Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
  14. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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  17. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
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