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Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
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Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Phocidae
genus
Phoca
species
Phoca vitulina

Name

Synonyms
Callocephalus vitulinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Homonyms
Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Borjúfóka in Hungarian
Common seal in English
Foca comune in Italian
Foca común in Spanish
Foca común in Spanish
Foca común in Spanish
Foca moteada in Spanish
Foca-vitulina in Portuguese
Foka pospolita in Polish
Gewone zeehond in Dutch
Harbor Seal in English
Harbor Seal in English
Harbor Seal in English
Harbor Seal in English
Harbor Seal in English
Harbor seal in English
Harbour seal in English
Kirjohylje in Finnish
Knubbsäl in Swedish
Landselur in Icelandic
Liman focu in Turkish
Navadni tjulenj in Slovenian
Paprastasis ruonis in Lithuanian
Phoque veau-marin in French
Plankumainais ronis in Latvian
Randalhüljes in Estonian
Seehund in German
Seehund in German
Seehund in German
Spættet sæl in Danish
Spættet sæl in Danish
Steinkobbe in Norwegian
Séihond in Luxembourgish
common seal in English
common seal in English
common seal in English
common seal, harbour seal in English
gewone zeehond in Dutch
phoque commun in French
phoque commun in French
phoque commun in French
Gewone zeehond in Dutch
Harbor Seal in English
Harbour Seal in English
geadgenjuorju in Northern Sami
gewone zeehond in Dutch
knubbsäl in Swedish
Common Seal in English
Common Seal in English
Eastern Atlantic Harbour Seal in English

Bibliographic References

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  7. Hall, R. (2004) Däggdjur
  8. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 22 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology of (a) the specific names of fifty-seven species, each of which is the type species of a genus in the class Mammalia, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936, and (B) of the specific names of two species belonging to the same class, each of which is currently regarded as the oldest available name for the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List in the same period.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C13), 179-200 (1955)
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  13. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  14. Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306.
  15. Waring, G.T., J.M. Quintal and C.P. Fairfield (eds.). 2002. U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico marine mammal dtock assessments, 2002. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS- NE- 169. 318 p.
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  17. 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.
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  20. Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds., 2018: null. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition. xxxi + 1157.
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