Authority citation: Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1775. pl. 86. P. pl. 86 in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774-1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Walther, Erlangen.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064542
Original name as described: Phoca hispida
Nominal names: hispida (von Schreber, 1775) | foetida (Fabricius, 1776) | botnica (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | quadrata (Kerr, 1792) | cinerea (Borkhausen, 1797) [nomen novum] | ochotensis (Pallas, 1811) | annellata (S. Nilsson, 1820) | fetida (Godman, 1826) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | octonata (Kutorga, 1839) | undulata (Kutorga, 1839) | nummularis (Temminck, 1844) | ladogensis (Nordquist, 1899) | saimensis (Nordquist, 1899) | gichigensis (J. A. Allen, 1902) | pygmaea Zukowsky, 1914 | birulai (Smirnov, 1929) | pomororum (Smirnov, 1929) | rochmistrovi (Smirnov, 1929) [infrasubspecific] | krascheninikovi (Naumov & Smirnov, 1936) | beaufortiana (R. M. Anderson, 1943) | soperi (R. M. Anderson, 1943) | foetica Wozencraft, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling | not used as valid]
Other common names: Fjord Seal|Jar Seal|Arctic Ringed Seal|Baltic Sea Ringed Seal|Lake Ladoga Ringed Seal|Sea of Okhotsk Ringed Seal|Lake Saimaa Ringed Seal
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Carnivora -- Family: Phocidae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: lost (number not known)
Type locality: "Man fängt ihn auf den Küsten von Grönland und Labrader" (= Greenland and Labrador).
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Canada (CAN) | Estonia (EST) | Finland (FIN) | Greenland (GRL) | Latvia (LVA) | Norway (NOR) | Russia (RUS) | Sweden (SWE) | Japan (JPN) | China? | Denmark? | France? | Germany? | Iceland? | Lithuania? | Poland? | Portugal? | United Kingdom? | United States?
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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