Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Cystophora cristata

Description

Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777). Syst. Regni Anim., 1:590.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Habitat in Groenlandia australiori et Newfoundland". [S Greenland and Newfoundland].

DISTRIBUTION: N Atlantic and Arctic oceans, from Newfoundland (Canada) to S Greenland, Svalbard and Novaya Zemlya (Russia); occasionally south to Portugal and Florida (USA).

SYNONYMS: borealis Nilsson, 1820; dimidiata Riippell, 1842.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Kovacs and Lavigne (1986, Mammalian Species, 258).

Notes

Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 329, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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Biodiversity

Family
Phocidae
Genus
Cystophora
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Erxleben
Species
cristata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777) sec. Wozencraft, 1993

References

  • Kovacs, K. M., and D. M. Lavigne. 1986. Cystophora cristata. Mammalian Species, 258: 1 - 9.