Published December 31, 2005
| Version v1
Taxonomic treatment
Open
Hydrurga leptonyx
Creators
Description
Hydrurga leptonyx (de Blainville 1820)
[Phoca] leptonyx de Blainville 1820, J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts Paris, 91: 298.
Type Locality: "des environs des îles Falckland ou Malouines" [Falkland Isls (UK)].
Vernacular Names: Leopard seal.
Synonyms: Hydrurga homei (Lesson 1828); Hydrurga leptonyz (de Blainville 1820).
Distribution: Circumpolar pack-ice zone south to the shores of Antarctica. Also coastal regions of Australia, Chile, Falkland Isls, Kerguelen Isls, New Zealand), South Sandwich Isls, South Africa.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Synonyms allocated according to Cabrera (1957).
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 596, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Files
Files
(1.0 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:abdd03c1eff668dcd02c3d6ab57b7f31
|
1.0 kB | Download |
System files
(6.8 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:e9bd29277bd826a0381dd4684a0d0db7
|
6.8 kB | Download |
Linked records
Additional details
Identifiers
Related works
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/E69BF2968277AF6992A8FF32E9D4E7ED (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/983254FA20CACDB9C52CCB30480C33AB (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231547333 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Phocidae
- Genus
- Hydrurga
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- de Blainville
- Species
- leptonyx
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville, 1820) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Cabrera, A. 1957 [1958] - 1961. Catalogo de los mamiferos de America del Sur. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales " Bernardino Rivadavia ". Ciencias Zoologicas, 4 (1): iv + 308 pp. [1958]; 4 (2): v-xxii + 309 - 732 [1961].