Phoca largha

Pallas, 1811

Spotted Seal

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1811. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica. Volumen Primum. In officina Caes. Academiae Scientiarum impress., Saint Petersburg, 568 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114046

Original name as described

Phoca largha

Other common names

Largha Seal

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

"quam quod observetur tantum ad orientale littus Camtschatcae" (= Eastern coast of Kamchatka, Russia).

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

China · Japan · North Korea · South Korea · Russia · Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AK)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005925

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 largha

Pallas, 1811

Family

Phocidae

Root name

largha

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114046

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

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)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005925) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17023/45229806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phoca ochotensis macrodens

J. A. Allen, 1902

Family

Phocidae

Root name

macrodens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:83447

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/393d8b96f-4769-44bc-b92b-63620fdc70e3

Authority page

483

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Phoca vitulina largha natio pallasii

Naumov & Smirnov, 1936

Family

Phocidae

Root name

pallasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Type

ZIN O. 12646

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

177

Authority publication

Trans. Inst. Fish. Oceanogr. Moscow

Name usages

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

Phoca tigrina

Lesson, 1827

Family

Phocidae

Root name

tigrina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

206

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207674

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:206, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Phoca Chorisii

Lesson, 1828

Family

Phocidae

Root name

chorisii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

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)

Phoca ochotensis

J. A. Allen, 1902

Family

Phocidae

Root name

ochotensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

480

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Phoca petersi

Mohr, 1941

Family

Phocidae

Root name

petersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

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