Phoca largha Pallas 1811

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 599

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scientific name	Phoca largha Pallas 1811
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Phoca largha Pallas 1811 , Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, Vol. 1: 113.

Type Locality: "quam quod observetur tantum ad orientale littus Camtschatcae" [Eastern coast of Kamchatka, Russia ( Shaughnessy and Fay, 1977)].

Vernacular Names: Spotted Seal.

Synonyms: Phoca chorisii Lesson 1828 ; Phoca macrodens J. A. Allen 1902 ; Phoca nummularis Temminck 1844 ; Phoca ochotensis J. A. Allen 1902 ; Phoca pallasii Naumov and Smirnov 1936 ; Phoca petersi Mohr 1941 ; Phoca pribilofensis Allen 1902 ; Phoca tigrina Lesson 1827 .

Distribution: Associated with pack ice in coastal N Pacific of Canada, China (south to Fujian), Japan (south to Shikoku), Russia (Bering and Okhotsk Seas), USA (Alaska).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Scheffer (1958) considered largha as conspecific with vitulina ; however, Shaughnessy and Fay (1977) and King (1983) separated the two.