Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Eutheria > Order Carnivora > Suborder Caniformia > Infraorder Pinnipedia > Family Phocidae > Genus Halichoerus

Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Halichoerus*	Nilsson, 1820	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Phoca grypus*	Fabricius, 1791	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: gråsæl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grijze zeehond; kegelrob sources: Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp.

English: gray seal; grey seal sources: Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: phoque gris sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Kegelrobbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Γκρίζα φώκια sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: יפעתן sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: alichero; foca grigia sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: ilgasnukis ruonis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: gråsel; havert sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: gråsel; havert sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: foka szara sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: длинномордый; или серый тюлень sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: sivi tjulenj sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: foca gris sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: gråsäl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: boz fok; gri fok; grifok sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: довгомордий тюлень sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: morlo llwyd

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (1993). Mammal species of the world. Smithsonian Institution Press.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Waring, G.T., J.M. Quintal and C.P. Fairfield (eds.). 2002. U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico marine mammal dtock assessments, 2002. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS- NE- 169. 318 p.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 64:1-306.
additional source	Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
new combination reference	Scheffer, V.B. (1958). Seals, sea lions, and walruses. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California. Pp. x + 179, 15 figs.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).