Pusa hispida

(von Schreber, 1775)

Ringed Seal

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1775. pl. 86. P. pl. 86 in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774-1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Walther, Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064542

Original name as described

Phoca hispida

Other common names

Fjord Seal · Jar Seal · Arctic Ringed Seal · Baltic Sea Ringed Seal · Lake Ladoga Ringed Seal · Sea of Okhotsk Ringed Seal · Lake Saimaa Ringed Seal

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

"Man fängt ihn auf den Küsten von Grönland und Labrader" (= Greenland and Labrador).

Biogeographic realm

Marine · Palearctic

Country distribution

Canada · Estonia · Finland · Greenland · Latvia · Norway · Russia · Sweden · Japan · China? · Denmark? · France? · Germany? · Iceland? · Lithuania? · Poland? · Portugal? · United Kingdom? · United States?

Subregion distribution

USA(AK,WA?,OR?,CA?,ME?,NH?,MA?,RI?,CT?,NY?,NJ?)

Distribution notes

Vagrant sightings as far south as New Jersey in Atlantic, Southern California in Pacific

Distribution references

Rice, D.W. 1998. Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy, Special Publication Number 4, Lawrence, Kansas.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005928

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 (Pusa) hispida gichigensis

(J. A. Allen, 1902)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

gichigensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-18273, AMNH MO-18276

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-18273

Authority page

478

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Phoca hispida beaufortiana

(R. M. Anderson, 1943)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

beaufortiana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CMN 2807

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

25

Authority publication

Annual Report of the Provancher Society of Natural History, Québec

Name usages

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

Phoca hispida soperi

(R. M. Anderson, 1943)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

soperi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CMN 6016

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

27

Authority publication

Annual Report of the Provancher Society of Natural History, Québec

Name usages

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

Phoca hispida

(von Schreber, 1775)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

hispida

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

pl. 86

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064542

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:589, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Daudin (1802:192, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  3. Fischer (1814:xxi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  4. Desmarest (1817:587, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18044359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60328)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:536) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Phoca vitulina β. botnica

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

botnica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751283

Authority publication

Leipzig

Phoca cinerea

(Bechstein, 1801)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

cinerea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

1212

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258464

Authority publication

Leipzig

Phoca ochotensis

(Pallas, 1811)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

ochotensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114050

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Phoca foetida var. saimensis

(Nordquist, 1899)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

saimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZUH 3255

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5629722

Authority publication

Acta Societatis Pro Fauna et Flora Fennica

Phoca foetida var. ladogensis

(Nordquist, 1899)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

ladogensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZUH 360, MZUH 538, MZUH 3252, MZUH 3253

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5629727

Authority publication

Acta Societatis Pro Fauna et Flora Fennica

Phoca nummularis

(Temminck, 1844)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

nummularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.16860.a, RMNH.MAM.16860.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.16860.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.16860.b

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607684

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

Phoca hispida krascheninikovi

(Naumov & Smirnov, 1936)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

krascheninikovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 12772

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

182

Authority publication

Trans. Inst. Fish. Oceanogr. Moscow

Name usages

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

Phoca hispida pomororum

(Smirnov, 1929)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

pomororum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 12775

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Leningrad

Name usages

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

Phoca hispida birulai

(Smirnov, 1929)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

birulai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 3333

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

96

Authority publication

Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Leningrad

Name usages

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

Phoca hispida pomororum natio rochmistrovi

(Smirnov, 1929)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

rochmistrovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Type

ZIN O. 6703

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Leningrad

Name usages

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

Phoca Fetida

(Godman, 1826)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

fetida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

345

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165655

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

Godman (1826:345, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67289)

Halichœrus hispidus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

hispidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

82

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Pusa hispida botnica

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Phocidae

Root name

botnica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

foetica

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Phocidae

Root name

foetica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

600

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005:600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Pusa hispida

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Phocidae

Root name

hispida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005928) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41672/45231341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pusa hispida hispida

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Phocidae

Root name

hispida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)

Pusa hispida ladogensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Phocidae

Root name

ladogensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)

Pusa hispida ochotensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Phocidae

Root name

ochotensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Pusa hispida saimensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Phocidae

Root name

saimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)

Callocephalus annellatus

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

annellatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

78

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534759

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Phoca foetida

(Fabricius, 1776)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

foetida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

13

Authority publication

book

Name usages

True (1885:607, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Phoca annellata

(Nilsson, 1820)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

annellata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

365

Authority publication

Lund

Name usages

  1. Nilsson (1841:312, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9707195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65304)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Calocephalus hispidus

(F. Cuvier, 1826)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

hispidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

547

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305780

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Name usages

Lesson (1827:198, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Phoca communis var. octonata

(Kutorga, 1839)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

octonata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

189

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou

Name usages

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

Phoca communis var. undulata

(Kutorga, 1839)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

undulata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

191

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou

Name usages

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

Pusa hispida pygmaea

Zukowsky, 1914

Family

Phocidae

Root name

pygmaea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

230

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

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