Leptonychotes weddellii

(Lesson, 1826)

Weddell Seal

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bull. Sci. Nat. Geol., 7, 437

Original name as described

Otaria Weddellii

Other common names

Weddell's Seal

Type locality

"sur les côtes des Orcades australes, situées sour 60 degrés 37 minutes de lat" (= South Orkney Island in British Antarctic Trust Territory).

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Antarctica · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · Argentina · Australia · Chile · Falkland Islands · French Southern and Antarctic Lands · New Zealand · South Africa · Uruguay · Prince Edward Islands?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005916

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.

Stenorhynchus Weddellii

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

weddellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207668

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:200, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207668) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Stenorynchus Weddelli

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

weddelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

83

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Ogmorinhus leptonyx

(Lahille, 1899)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

184

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147050

Authority publication

Primera Reunión del Congreso Científico Latino Americano

Name usages

Lahille (1899:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Leptonychotes Weddelli

Lahille, 1899

Family

Phocidae

Root name

weddelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

184

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147050

Authority publication

Primera Reunión del Congreso Científico Latino Americano

Name usages

  1. Lahille (1899:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)

Leptonychotes weddellii

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Phocidae

Root name

weddellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11696) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11696) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11696/45226713) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Otaria Weddellii

(Lesson, 1826)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

weddellii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

437

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Science Naturelle

Phoca Leopardina

(R. Hamilton, 1839)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leopardinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

183; Plate 12

Authority publication

Naturalist's Library

Name usages

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

Leptonyx leopardinus

(J. A. Wagner, 1845)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leopardinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42533884

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

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

Stenorynchus Leptonyx

(Moseley, 1879)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3973153

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Moseley (1879:200, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3973153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67216)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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