Pusa hispida
Description
Pusa hispida (Schreber, 1775) —Ringed Seal
Phoca hispida Schreber, 1775 p.l86 (1776 p312); Type locality- Coast of Greenland and Labrador.
Phoca hispida ochotensis: Won, 1967 p.92.
Pusa hispida: Won, 1968 p.339; Kim, 2004 p.195.
Pusa hispida ochotensis: Kim, 2004 p.196.
Range: Ringed seals rarely occur in the Yellow Sea along the Korean coast and is thus considered a vagrant species (Fig. 65).
Remarks: Although recent comprehensive morphological examinations did not support division of the Arctic population into multiple subspecies (Amano et al. 2002), Berta and Churchill (2012) recommended continued recognition of Okhotsk ringed seals around Okhotsk Sea, P. h. ochotensis (Pallas, 1811). The Society for Marine Mammalogy has used ‘(Nordquist, 1889)’ as the original author and year citation for the ringed seal; however, the correct author and name for the subspecies, O. h. ochotensis is ‘(Pallas, 1811)’.
Conservation status: The Ministry of Environment designated P. hispida an Endangered Species in 1997 but delisted it because of infrequent occurrences in Korea. In 2007, the Ministry of Land, Transports, and Maritime Affairs listed ringed seals as Protected Marine Species.
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- Schreber, J. C. D. (1775) Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Fol. 2. Wolfgang Walther, Erlangen, 520 pp. [in German]
- Schreber, J. C. D. (1776) Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Fol. 3. Wolfgang Walther, Erlangen, 590 pp. [in German]
- Won, P. H. (1967) Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna and flora of Korea. Fol. 7. Mammals. Ministry of Education, Seoul, 663 pp. [in Korean]
- Won, H. K. (1968) The mammals of Korea. Institute of Science Press, Pyeongyang, 408 pp. [in Korean]
- Kim, Z. G. (2004) Suborder Pinnipedia & Order Cetacea. In: Won, B. O. (Ed.), The mammals of Korea. Dongbang Media Press, Seoul, pp. 184 - 254. [in Korean]
- Amano, M., Hayano, A., Miyazaki, N. (2002) Geographic variation in the skull of the ringed seal, Pusa hispida. Journal of Mammalogy, 83, 370 - 380. https: // doi. org / 10.1644 / 1545 - 1542 (2002) 083 <0370: GVITSO> 2.0. CO; 2
- Churchill, M., Berta, A. & Demere, T. (2012) The systematics of right whales (Mysticeti: Balaenidae). Marine Mammal Science, 28, 497 - 521. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1748 - 7692.2011.00504. x
- Pallas, P. S. (1811 [1831]) Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium Animalium in extensor Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicillia, mores et descriptions, anatomen atque icons plurimorum. 3. Fol. 1. Academiae Scientiarum, St. Petersburg, 568 pp. [in Latin]