Pusa sibirica

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Baikal Seal

Close-up view of head and foreflippers; 2 animals. Also as Lake Baikal Seal, Nerpa.
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Location:Germany, Berlin, Zoological GardenDate taken:1 January 1986Description:Close-up view of head and foreflippers; 2 animals. Also as Lake Baikal Seal, Nerpa.

Distribution :

Endemic to Lake Baikal (Russia).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 925

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 γ. sibirica

Other common names

Lake Baikal Seal · Nerpa

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

"Baikal et Orom" (= Lake Baikal and Lake Oron, Russia).

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005929

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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: 8 names and synonyms.

Phoca vitulina γ. sibirica

J. F. Gmelin, 1788

Family

Phocidae

Root name

sibirica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Original type locality

Habitat in lacubus Baikal et Orom

Type locality

Russia.

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 Sibirica:

J. Wolf, 1796

Family

Phocidae

Root name

sibirica

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)
Allen (1880:464, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1565671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34345)
Trouessart (1897:386, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53434928) (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, 289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wozencraft (1993:332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)

Phoca sericea

G. Fischer, 1814

Family

Phocidae

Root name

sericea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

In lacu Baicalensi

Type locality

Russia.

Authority page

xxi, 629

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130082 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130716

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:xxi, 629, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130082, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
Schinz (1821:242, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Fischer (1829:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Phoca baicalensis

Dybowski, 1873

Family

Phocidae

Root name

baicalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Russia.

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38481845

Authority publication

Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin

Name usages

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

Phoca foetida subsp. sibirica:

Nordqvist, 1899

Family

Phocidae

Root name

sibirica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5629730

Authority publication

Acta Societatis Pro Fauna et Flora Fennica

Name usages

Nordqvist (1899:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5629730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69824)

Phoca hispida sibirica:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Phocidae

Root name

sibirica

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)

Phoca oronensis

Dybowski, 1922

Family

Phocidae

Root name

oronensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

352

Authority publication

Arch. Tow. Nauk. Lwow

Pusa sibirica:

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Phocidae

Root name

sibirica

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 #41676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41676/45231738) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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