Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758

(Fig. 179)

Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758: 38.

COMMON NAME. — Harbour Seal.

CURRENT NAME. — Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758.

See Wozencraft (2005: 599) and Stewart (2014: 180).

COLLECTOR/S. — Collected during the Baudin expedition.

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — No data.

COMMENT. — The species occurs along coasts of Europe [and North America].

COLLECTION DATE. — No data.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No data.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80277 (Fig. 179; skull).