Hydrurga leptonyx

(de Blainville, 1820)

Leopard Seal

Skull, showing incisors and canines. Also as Sea Leopard.
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Location:Date taken:1 January 1972Description:Skull, showing incisors and canines. Also as Sea Leopard.

Distribution :

Circumpolar pack-ice zone south to the shores of Antarctica. Also coastal regions of Australia, Chile, Falkland Isls, Kerguelen Isls, New Zealand), South Sandwich Isls, South Africa.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 284

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Infraorder: Arctoidea
Parvorder: Pinnipedia
Family: Phocidae
Subfamily: Monachinae
Tribe: Lobodontini
Genus: Hydrurga

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Blainville, H.-M.D. de. 1820. Sur quelques cranes de phoques. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire naturelle et des Arts 91:286-300.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6174274

Original name as described

Phoca leptonyx

Other common names

Sea Leopard

Type material

MNHN-ZM-AC-A3578, RCS 3938

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"des environs des îles Falckland ou Malouines" (= Falkland Islands, UK).

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Antarctica · Australia · Brazil · Chile · Cook Islands · Falkland Islands · French Southern and Antarctic Lands · New Zealand · Pitcairn · Saint Helena · South Africa · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005915

Country distribution map

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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: 10 names and synonyms.

Phoca leptonyx

de Blainville, 1820

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-A3578, RCS 3938

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Cette peau a été rapportée des mers du sud, et, à ce qu'il paroit, des environs des îles Falckland ou Malouines

Type locality

Falkland Islands.

Authority page

298

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6174274

Authority publication

Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire naturelle et des Arts

Name usages

Desmarest (1821:247, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Schinz (1821:886, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Cuvier (1824:532, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52173935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68282)
Fischer (1829:240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Blyth (1840:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
Gervais & Serres (1847:800, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2814616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68916)
Jackson & Groves (2015:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Stenorhinchus leptonyx:

F. Cuvier, 1826

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

549

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305782

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Name usages

Cuvier (1826:549, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305782) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62883)

Stenorhynchus leptonyx:

Lesson, 1827

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

199

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207667

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:199, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Nilsson (1838:238, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34530090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69398)
Nilsson (1841:307, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9707190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65304)
Gray (1844:2, pl. M3, pl. M4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957429, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957532, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60480)
Gray (1844:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60481)
Gay (1847:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26256527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37640)
Jacquinot & Pucheran (1853:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43560933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67159)
Gray (1866:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9729738) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37226)
Murray (1866:330, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Gray (1871:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15945466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37256)
Gray (1873:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67205)
Jackson & Groves (2015:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Phoca Homei

Lesson, 1828

Family

Phocidae

Root name

homei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-A3578, RCS 3938

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

les côtes de les îles Malouines et de la Géorgie du sud · Cette peau a été rapportée des mers du sud, et, à ce qu'il paroit, des environs des îles Falckland ou Malouines

Type locality

Falkland Islands.

Authority page

417

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24378050

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Jackson & Groves (2015:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Phoca leptonix:

McMurtrie, 1831

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonix

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28834250

Authority publication

New York

Stenorhincus Leptonyx:

C. H. Smith, 1842

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

258

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA258

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:258, https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Stenorynchus leptonyx:

Lesson, 1842

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

83

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Ogmorhinus leptonyx:

J. A. Allen, 1880

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

466

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1565673

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Allen (1880:466, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1565673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34345)
Thomas (1881:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67407)
Ogilby (1892:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69482)
Trouessart (1897:380, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53434922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59284)
Matschie (1898:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68995)
Trouessart (1904:283, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Hydrurga leptonyx:

J. A. Allen, 1905

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

86

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16055781

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Allen (1905:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16055781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34943)
Osgood (1943:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5651)
Corbet & Hill (1980:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wozencraft (1993:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
Jackson & Groves (2015:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10340/45226422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

leptonyz:

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyz

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

597

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005:597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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