Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Alternative combination: Phoca (Pusa) hispida
Synonyms: Callocephalus dimidiatus Schlegel 1800, Callocephalus foetidus Fabricius 1776, Pagomys foetida Fabricius 1776, Pagomys foetidus Fabricius 1776, Phoca (Phoca) foetida Fabricius 1776, Phoca (Pusa) foetida Fabricius 1776, Phoca dimidiata Schlegel 1800, Phoca foetica Fabricius 1776, Phoca foetida Fabricius 1776
Belongs to Pusa according to K. Nyakatura and O. R. P. Bininda-Emonds 2012
See also Allen 1880, Berta and Churchill 2012, Gill 1866, Gray 1850, Gray 1866 and Trouessart 1898
Sister taxa: Pusa caspica, Pusa sibirica
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (16: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon collections), Estonia (1), Finland (3), Greenland (15), the Netherlands (2), the Russian Federation (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (10: Alaska, New York, Vermont)
Total: 51 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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