Erignathus barbatus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Bearded Seal

Also as Squareflipper|Atlantic Bearded Seal.
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Location:Norway, SvalbardDate taken:Aug 15, 2007

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Parvorder : Pinnipedia
Family : Phocidae
Subfamily : Phocinae
Tribe : Erignathini
Genus : Erignathus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Erxleben, J.C.P. 1777. Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates cum synonymia et historia animalium. Classis I. Mammalia. Impensis Weygandianis, Leipzig, 636 pp.

Original name as described

Phoca barbata

Other common names

Squareflipper · Atlantic Bearded Seal · Pacific Bearded Seal

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

"ad Scotiam atque Groelandiam australiorem, vulgaris circa Islandiam" (= North Atlantic Ocean, South Greenland).

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Canada · Greenland · Iceland · Russia · Norway · United States · China · France · Germany · Japan · Netherlands · Portugal · Spain · United Kingdom

Subregion distribution

USA(AK, MA?)

Distribution references

Sardi, K.A. and Merigo, C. 2006. Erignathus barbatus (bearded seal) vagrant in Massachusetts. Northeastern Naturalist 13(1):39-42. doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2006)13[39:EBBSVI]2.0.CO;2

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 17 names and synonyms.

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