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Taxonomy
Pusa was named by Scopoli (1777). It is extant.
It was reranked as Phoca (Pusa) by Allen (1880), Trouessart (1898), Friant (1947), McLaren (1960) and Burns and Fay (1970).
It was assigned to Phoca by Allen (1880), Trouessart (1898), Friant (1947), McLaren (1960) and Burns and Fay (1970); to Phocinina by Koretsky (2001); to Phocidae by Palmer (1904) and Wilson and Reeder (2005); to Phocina by Fulton and Strobeck (2010); to Phocinae by Trouessart (1904), Berta (2002), Deméré et al. (2003), Koretsky and Barnes (2006) and Berta (2018); and to Phocini by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Muizon (1981), Davis et al. (2004), Berta et al. (2018) and Kienle and Berta (2019).
It was reranked as Phoca (Pusa) by Allen (1880), Trouessart (1898), Friant (1947), McLaren (1960) and Burns and Fay (1970).
It was assigned to Phoca by Allen (1880), Trouessart (1898), Friant (1947), McLaren (1960) and Burns and Fay (1970); to Phocinina by Koretsky (2001); to Phocidae by Palmer (1904) and Wilson and Reeder (2005); to Phocina by Fulton and Strobeck (2010); to Phocinae by Trouessart (1904), Berta (2002), Deméré et al. (2003), Koretsky and Barnes (2006) and Berta (2018); and to Phocini by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Muizon (1981), Davis et al. (2004), Berta et al. (2018) and Kienle and Berta (2019).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1777 | Pusa Scopoli p. 490 |
1880 | Phoca (Pusa) Allen p. 464 |
1898 | Phoca (Pusa) Trouessart p. 386 |
1904 | Pusa Palmer p. 598 |
1904 | Pusa Trouessart p. 284 |
1947 | Phoca (Pusa) Friant p. 7 |
1960 | Phoca (Pusa) McLaren p. 57 |
1963 | Pusa Scheffer and Rice p. 3 |
1970 | Phoca (Pusa) Burns and Fay p. 390 figs. Fig. 3 |
1981 | Pusa Muizon p. 135 |
2001 | Pusa Koretsky p. 85 |
2002 | Pusa Berta p. 923 |
2003 | Pusa Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. FIg. 3.3 |
2004 | Pusa Davis et al. p. 365 |
2005 | Pusa Wilson and Reeder |
2006 | Pusa Koretsky and Barnes p. 148 |
2010 | Pusa Fulton and Strobeck p. 817 figs. Figure 1 |
2018 | Pusa Berta p. 715 figs. Fig. 3C |
2018 | Pusa Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 2 |
2019 | Pusa Kienle and Berta |
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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.
G. Pusa Scopoli 1777 [Arctic seal]
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Pusa caspica Nilsson 1837
Pusa hispida Schreber 1775 [ringed seal]
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Phoca ochotensis macrodens Allen 1902
Pusa hispida gichigensis Allen 1902
Pusa hispida ochotensis Pallas 1831
Pusa hispida saimensis Nordquist 1900
Invalid names: Phoca (Phoca) foetida Fabricius 1776 [synonym]
Pusa sibirica Gmelin 1788
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available