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 Cystophora

Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Phoca Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cystophora*	Nilsson, 1820	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: klapmuts

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

French: phoque à capuchon; phoques sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;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: Klappmütze sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Italian: cistofora crestata; foca dal berretto; foca dalla cresta sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

Polish: kapturnik grzebieniasty sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Slovenian: kapičasti tjulen sources: Davorin Tome

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

Turkish: balonlu fok sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Тюлень-хохлач; хохлач sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: morlo cycyllog

Literature

basis of record	Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 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.
additional source	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	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	Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (1993). Mammal species of the world. Smithsonian Institution Press.
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).