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Phoca leonina Linnaeus, 1758, spec. nov.

Description

Phoca leonina [spec. nov.]

P. capite antice cristato.

Leo marinus. Anson. itin. 100. t. 100.

Habitat ad polum Antarcticum.

Phocae genus natat sub aqua, vix incedit ob pedes anticos retractos, posticos unitos: victitat piscibus; pingve.

Mas labio superiore cristato. Dentes 2 fere exserti in maxilla inferiore.

Natant gregatim, pugnant pro feminis, excubias agunt.

Notes

Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on pages 37-38, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542, http://zenodo.org/record/3922206

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Biodiversity

Family
Phocidae
Genus
Phoca
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
leonina
Taxonomic status
spec. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Phoca leonina Linnaeus, 1758