Leptonychotes weddellii

(Lesson, 1826)

Weddell Seal

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Location:Antarctica, McMurdo SoundDate taken:Jan 1, 1971

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 137

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living

Found in the wild

Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lesson, R.P. 1826. Sur le Phoque Léopard de mer (Sea Leopard) des Orcades australes; par James Weddell. Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie 7:437-438.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4829668

Original name as described

Otaria Weddellii

Other common names

Weddell's Seal

Type material

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Type locality

"sur les côtes des Orcades australes, situées sour 60 degrés 37 minutes de lat" (= South Orkney Island in British Antarctic Trust Territory).

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Antarctica · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · Argentina · Australia · Chile · Falkland Islands · French Southern and Antarctic Lands · New Zealand · South Africa · Uruguay · Prince Edward Islands?

Subregion distribution

Distribution notes

Distribution references

Taxonomy notes

Taxonomy notes citation

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005916

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: 14 names and synonyms.

Otaria Weddellii

(Lesson, 1826)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

weddellii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

437

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4829668

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Stenorhynchus Weddellii

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

weddellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207668

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:200, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207668) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Phoca Weddellii

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

weddellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

240

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Léptonyx Weddéllii

(J. E. Gray, 1837)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

weddellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

582

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27268173

Authority publication

Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Gray (1837:582, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27268173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34560)
Gray (1844:2, pl. M6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957429, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60480)
Gray (1844:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60481)
Gray (1866:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9729734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37226)
Murray (1866:330, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Phoca Leopardina

(R. Hamilton, 1839)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leopardinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

183; Plate 12

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Naturalist's Library

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Jackson & Groves (2015:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Stenorynchus Weddelli

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

weddelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Leptonyx Weddelli

(J. E. Gray, 1844)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

weddelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

pl. M5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957536

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Gray (1844:pl. M5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957536) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60480)

Leptonyx leopardinus

(J. A. Wagner, 1845)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leopardinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42533884

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Jackson & Groves (2015:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Leptonyx leopardina

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leopardinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

330

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580326

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:330, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Stenorynchus Leptonyx

(Moseley, 1879)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3973153

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Moseley (1879:200, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3973153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67216)

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Leptonychotes weddelli

J. A. Allen, 1880

Family

Phocidae

Root name

weddelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

467

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1565674

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Allen (1880:467, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1565674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34345)
Matschie (1898:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68995)
Lahille (1899:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
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)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)

Ogmorhinus Weddelli

(Trouessart, 1897)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

weddelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

381

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53434923

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:381, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53434923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59284)
Trouessart (1904:284, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Ogmorinhus leptonyx

(Lahille, 1899)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

184

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147050

Authority publication

Primera Reunión del Congreso Científico Latino Americano

Name usages

Lahille (1899:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Leptonychotes weddellii

J. A. Allen, 1905

Family

Phocidae

Root name

weddellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16055784

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Allen (1905:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16055784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34943)
Wozencraft (1993:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Jackson & Groves (2015:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11696) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11696) (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/1005916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11696/45226713) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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