Ommatophoca rossii

J. E. Gray, 1844

Ross Seal

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1844-06-01. The seals of the Southern Hemisphere. Pp. 1–4 in Richardson, J. and Gray, J.E. 1844-1875. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. I. Mammalia, Birds. E. W. Janson, London, not continuously paginated pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957430

Original name as described

Ommatophoca Rossii

Other common names

Bigeyed Seal · Ross's Seal · Singing Seal

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1843.11.25.4 (= BMNH:Mamm:324a)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/68883b76-2d1c-47dd-89b0-58cd937741fd https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a7068248-671a-4ab9-bbbf-9fb09343e10b

Type locality

"Antarctic ocean." Restricted by G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton in 1902 to "pack ice, north of Ross Sea 68°S, 176°E."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Antarctica · Australia · Falkland Islands · French Southern and Antarctic Lands · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005923

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.

Ommatophoca Rossii

J. E. Gray, 1844

Family

Phocidae

Root name

rossii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.11.25.4 (= BMNH:Mamm:324a)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/68883b76-2d1c-47dd-89b0-58cd937741fd https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a7068248-671a-4ab9-bbbf-9fb09343e10b

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957430

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15269/45228952) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ommatophoca rossi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Phocidae

Root name

rossi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

107

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

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