Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.

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Classification

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

Name

Synonyms: Callocephalus vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758); Phoca canina; Phoca linnaei; Phoca littorea; Phoca scopulicola; Phoca thienemanni; Phoca variegata
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; 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, harbour seal in English; gewone zeehond in Dutch; harbor seal in language.; phoque commun in French; phoque commun in French; phoque commun in French; Gewone zeehond in Dutch; gewone zeehond in Dutch; knubbsäl in Swedish; Seehund in German; bayağı fok in Turkish; common seal in English; fjordsel in Norwegian Bokmål; fjordsel in Nynorsk, Norwegian; foca comune in Italian; foca común in Spanish; foca moteada in Spanish; foka pospolita in Polish; harbour seal in English

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