Authority citation: Fabricius, O. 1791. Udforlig Beskrivelse over de Grønlandske Sæle. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet 1(2):73-170.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56359518
Original name as described: Phoca Grypus
Nominal names: grypus (O. Fabricius, 1791) | flavescens (A. J. Retzius, 1800) [preoccupied] | griseus S. Nilsson, 1820 | halichoerus (Thienemann, 1824) | gryphus (J. B. Fischer, 1829) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | macrorhynchus Hornschuch & Schilling, 1851 | pachyrhynchus Hornschuch & Schilling, 1851 | atlanticus Nehring, 1886 | balticus Nehring, 1886
Other common names: Atlantic Seal|Horsehead
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Carnivora -- Family: Phocidae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: lost (number not known)
Type locality: No type locality given. Listed by V. B. Scheffer in 1958 as "Greenland."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Belgium (BEL) | Canada (CAN) | Denmark (DNK) | Estonia (EST) | Finland (FIN) | France (FRA) | Germany (DEU) | Iceland (ISL) | Ireland | Latvia (LVA) | Lithuania (LTU) | Netherlands (NLD) | Norway (NOR) | Poland (POL) | Russia (RUS) | Sweden (SWE) | United Kingdom (GBR) | United States (USA) | Greenland (GRL) | Portugal (PRT)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
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