Pusa sibirica Gmelin 1788 (Arctic seal)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Alternative combinations: Phoca (Phoca) sibirica, Phoca (Pusa) sibirica, Phoca sibirica, Phoca vitulina sibirica, Pusa hispida sibirica, Pusa siberica

Belongs to Pusa according to D. W. Rice 1998

See also Berta et al. 2018, Cullen et al. 2014, Davis et al. 2004, Deméré et al. 2003, Kienle and Berta 2019, Koretsky 2001, Koretsky and Barnes 2006, McLaren 1960, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Thomas et al. 1982, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904

Sister taxa: Pusa caspica, Pusa hispida

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sagan-Zaba II (Quaternary of Russian Federation)

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