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Phocidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
London Med. Repos. vol.15 p.297

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Phocidae

Name

Synonyms
Manatus maeoticus Eichwald, 1850
Miophoca vetusta (Zapfe, 1937)
Monachus vetusta (Zapfe, 1937)
Phoca ambigua Staring, 1860
Phoca bessarabica (Simonescu, 1925)
Phoca modesta (Leidy, 1869)
Phoca novorossica (Alekseev, 1924)
Pinnipedia
Pristiphoca vetusta (Zapfe, 1937)
Squalodon modestus (Leidy, 1869)
Homonyms
Phocidae
Common names
EARLESS SEALS in English
Earless Seals in English
Earless Seals in English
Phoques in French
Seal in English
Seal in English
True Seals in English
True Seals in English
earless seals in English
earless seals in English
earless seals in English
hylkeet in Finnish
seal in English
true seals in English
true seals in English
zeehondachtigen in Dutch
Ægte sæler in Danish
njuorju in Northern Sami
selfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
selfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
öronlösa sälar in Swedish
True Seals in English
fìor ròin in Scottish Gaelic
selfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
selfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
selfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
selfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
säldjur in Swedish
true seals in English
true seals in English
zeehonden in Dutch
zeehonden in Dutch
öronlösa sälar in Swedish
öronlösa sälar in Swedish
アザラシ科 in Japanese
アザラシ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  5. Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. <em>FAO Species identification guide.</em> FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp.
  6. Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. <em>FAO Species identification guide.</em> FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp.
  7. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  8. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  9. Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp.
  10. Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp.
  11. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  12. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  13. van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376
  14. van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376
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