Phoca vitulina Linnaeus 1758
- Dataset
- Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Phocidae
- genus
- Phoca
- species
- Phoca vitulina
description
(Fig. 179)
discussion
COMMENT. — The species occurs along coasts of Europe [and North America].
materials_examined
COLLECTION DATE. — No data. SPECIMEN NUMBER / S. — No data. ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80277 (Fig. 179; skull).
materials_examined
COLLECTOR / S. — Collected during the Baudin expedition. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — No data.
vernacular_names
COMMON NAME. — Harbour Seal.
Name
- Homonyms
- Phoca vitulina Linnaeus 1758