Hydrurga leptonyx

(de Blainville, 1820)

Leopard Seal

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Phocoidea
Family : Phocidae
Genus : Hydrurga

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Blainville, H.-M.D. de. 1820. Sur quelques cranes de phoques. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire naturelle et des Arts 91:286-300.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6174274

Original name as described

Phoca leptonyx

Other common names

Sea Leopard

Type material

MNHN LAC A 3578, RCS 3938

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"des environs des îles Falckland ou Malouines" (= Falkland Islands, UK).

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Antarctica · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · Australia · Pitcairn · Brazil · Chile · Cook Islands · Falkland Islands · New Zealand · Saint Helena · South Africa · French Southern and Antarctic Lands

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005915

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Phoca leptonyx

(de Blainville, 1820)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN LAC A 3578, RCS 3938

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

298

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6174274

Authority publication

Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire naturelle et des Arts

Phoca Homei

(Lesson, 1828)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

homei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN LAC A 3578, RCS 3938

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

417

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24378050

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Stenorhynchus leptonyx

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

199

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207667

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:199, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Nilsson (1841:307, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9707190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65304)
  3. Gray (1873:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67205)

Phoca leptonix

(McMurtrie, 1831)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonix

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28834250

Authority publication

New York

Stenorhincus Leptonyx

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

258

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Stenorynchus leptonyx

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

83

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Hydrurga leptonyx

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

107

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10340/45226422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

phoca leptonyx

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524011

Authority publication

Paris

leptonyz

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyz

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

597

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005:597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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