Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Carnivora > Suborder Caniformia > Infraorder Pinnipedia > Family Phocidae > Genus Pusa

Pusa hispida Schreber, 1775

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pusa*	Scopoli, 1771	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Phoca hispida*	Schreber, 1775	synonym

Children

Phoca hispida botnica Gmelin, 1788
Phoca hispida hispida Schreber, 1775
Phoca hispida ladogensis Nordquist, 1899
Phoca hispida saimensis Nordquist, 1899

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: kleine zeehond; ringelrob; stinkrob

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: ringsel; snadd sources: Die Säugethiere, 2(13):pl. 86 [1775];1;

Norwegian Nynorsk: ringsel; snadd sources: Die Säugethiere, 2(13):pl. 86 [1775];1;

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

Polish: foka obrączokwana; nerpa obrączkowana sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: кольчатая нерпа sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

Ukrainian: Кільчаста нерпа

Literature

basis of record	Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.
additional source	Katona, S.K., V. Rough and D.J. Richardson. 1983. A field guide to the whales, porpoises and seals of the Gulf of Maine and eastern Canada, Cape Cod to Newfoundland. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 255 p.

Genbank

External Links

Link To GBIF

Citation

Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2011). Pusa hispida Schreber, 1775. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159021

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Occurrence

Present

Absent

Doubtful

Native

Introduced

Naturalised

Invasive

Managed

No data

Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex V EU Habitat Directive Annex V: Species of community interest whose taking in the wild and exploitation may be subject to management measures.

EU Habitat Directive Annex V: Species of community interest whose taking in the wild and exploitation may be subject to management measures.

IUCN:
Red List status LC 2008 This species is least concern and is widespread and abundant according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

This species is least concern and is widespread and abundant according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

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2010-05-20 by Annalisa Berta

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