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Phoca hispida (ringed seal)

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy
Phoca hispida was named by Schreber (1775). It is extant.

It was recombined as Callocephalus hispidus by Gray (1850); it was recombined as Phoca (Pusa) hispida by Allen (1902), Friant (1947); it was recombined as Pusa hispida by Trouessart (1904), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Koretsky (2001), Deméré et al. (2003), Davis et al. (2004), Wilson and Reeder (2005), Koretsky and Barnes (2006), Nyakatura and Bininda-Emonds (2012), Berta and Churchill (2012), Cullen et al. (2014), Berta et al. (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. groenlandicus, P. hispidia, P. melitensis, P. vitrulina

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Phoca hispida Schreber
1776Phoca foetida Fabricius
1800Phoca dimidiata Schlegel
1820Phoca annellata Nillson p. 365
1850Callocephalus foetidus Gray p. 23
1850Callocephalus hispidus Gray p. 23
1850Callocephalus dimidiatus Gray p. 24
1866Pagomys foetida Gill p. 5
1866Callocephalus dimidiatus Gray p. 22
1866Pagomys foetidus Gray p. 23
1873Phoca foetida Scott p. 35
1880Phoca (Pusa) foetida Allen p. 597
1898Phoca (Phoca) foetida Trouessart p. 385
1902Phoca (Pusa) hispida Allen p. 477
1904Pusa hispida Trouessart p. 287
1912Phoca hispida Turner p. 184
1930Phoca hispida Hay p. 562
1947Phoca (Pusa) hispida Friant p. 7
1963Pusa hispida Scheffer and Rice p. 3
1980Phoca hispida Kurten and Anderson p. 205
1990Phoca hispida Riedman p. 57 figs. Table 2
2001Pusa hispida Koretsky p. 85
2003Pusa hispida Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2004Pusa hispida Davis et al. p. 365
2005Pusa hispida Wilson and Reeder
2006Pusa hispida Koretsky and Barnes p. 148
2012Pusa hispida Berta and Churchill p. 225
2012Pusa hispida Nyakatura and Bininda-Emonds
2014Pusa hispida Cullen et al. p. 1471 figs. Figure 1
2018Pusa hispida Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
RankNameAuthor
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—PanpinnipediaWolsan et al. 2020
—Pinnipedimorpha
—Pinnipedia()
familyPhocidae()
subfamilyPhocinae
genusPhoca
specieshispidaSchreber 1775

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Phoca hispida Schreber 1775 [ringed seal]
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Invalid names: Phoca annellata Nillson 1820 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: hydroxyapatiteuc
Ontogeny: modification of partsuc
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousuc
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparousuc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Nowak 1991, Gingerich 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (53 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greenland Phoca hispida (107728)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Scotland) Callocephalus vitulinus (140360) Phoca hispida (74234)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Sweden Phoca hispida (90198 90199)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Siberia) Phoca hispida (81836)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Phoca hispida (73693)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Phoca hispida (81830 240422)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Phoca hispida (107729)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway (Sunnmore) Phoca hispida (125317)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Leningrad) Phoca hispida (81837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Quebec) Phoca hispida (51023 81834)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Phoca hispida (51009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway Phoca hispida (227340)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Northwest Territories) Phoca hispida (73726 81832)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Phoca hispida (215645)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Manitoba) Phoca hispida (229538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland (Qeqertasussuk) Phoca hispida (187755)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland Phoca hispida (90109)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Phoca hispida (162545 227869 227870 227874 227875 227877 229885 229938 229939 229940 229942 229943 230120 230435)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland) Phoca hispida (228844)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Phoca hispida (228766)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Phoca hispida (228444 228492 228921 228924 228925 228926)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Phoca hispida (73705 160848 228898 228919 228920 228927 228928 229256 229489)