Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Leptonychotes weddellii

Description

Leptonychotes weddellii (Lesson, 1826). Bull. Sci. Nat. Geol., 7:437.

TYPE LOCALITY: "sur les côtes des Orcades australes, situées sour 60 degrés 37 minutes de lat" [South Orkney Isl (Br. Antarct. Trust Terr.)].

DISTRIBUTION: Coastal fast ice areas of Antarctic continent and adjacent islands; occasionally north to South America, Australia, and New Zealand.

SYNONYMS: leopardina Hamilton, 1839.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Stirling (1971, Mammalian Species, 6) and Kooyman (1981).

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 330, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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Biodiversity

Family
Phocidae
Genus
Leptonychotes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Lesson
Species
weddellii
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Leptonychotes weddellii (Lesson, 1826) sec. Wozencraft, 1993

References

  • Stirling, I. 1971. Leptonychotes weddelli. Mammalian Species, 6: 1 - 5.
  • Kooyman, G. L. 1981. Weddell seal: Consummate diver. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 135 pp.