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 Pagophilus

Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pagophilus*	Gray, 1844	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Phoca groenlandica*	Erxleben, 1777	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: zadelrob

English: harp seal sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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

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

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

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

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

Russian: гренландский тюлень sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: grenlandski tjulen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: foca arpa; foca de Groenlandia; foca pía sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Turkish: Grönland foku sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: гренландський тюлень; Тюлень гренландський

Literature

basis of record	Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (1993). Mammal species of the world. Smithsonian Institution Press.
additional source	UNEP-WCMC. 16 February, 2004. Marine Mammals
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.
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.
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).