Pusa caspica

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Caspian Seal

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gmelin, J.F. 1788-07-25. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Georg Emanuel Beer, Leipzig, 500 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751284

Original name as described

Phoca vitulina δ. caspica

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

"in mari, praesertim septentrionali, etiam Pacifico et Caspico [= Caspian Sea]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Azerbaijan · Iran · Kazakhstan · Russia · Turkmenistan

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005927

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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: 6 names and synonyms.

Phoca vitulina δ. caspica

J. F. Gmelin, 1788

Family

Phocidae

Root name

caspica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Original type locality

Habitat in mari ... caspico [by implication]

Type locality

Earth.

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751284

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Gmelin (1788:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Kerr (1792:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)

Phoca Caspica:

J. Wolf, 1796

Family

Phocidae

Root name

caspica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

142

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

Wolf (1796:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
Illiger (1815:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
Nilsson (1841:312, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9707195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65304)
Allen (1880:464, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1565671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34345)
Trouessart (1897:387, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53434929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59284)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:330, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Chapskiy (1955:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69670)
Corbet & Hill (1980:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wozencraft (1993:331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)

Callocephalus Caspicus:

J. E. Gray, 1844

Family

Phocidae

Root name

caspica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957430

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Gray (1844:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60480)
Gray (1866:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9729744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37226)

Phoca foetida subsp. caspica:

Nordqvist, 1899

Family

Phocidae

Root name

caspica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5629733

Authority publication

Acta Societatis Pro Fauna et Flora Fennica

Name usages

Nordqvist (1899:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5629733) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69824)

Phoca hispida caspica:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Phocidae

Root name

caspica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423169

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Satunin (1905:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69041)
Satunin (1906:170, 326, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58456376, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58456532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69040)

Pusa caspica:

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Phocidae

Root name

caspica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41669/45230700) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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