Pusa caspica Gmelin 1788

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 : 600

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7316519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11345193

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scientific name

Pusa caspica Gmelin 1788
status

 

Pusa caspica Gmelin 1788 View in CoL

Pusa caspica Gmelin 1788 View in CoL , in: Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 13th ed., Vol. 1: 64.

Type Locality: "in mari, praesertim septentrionali, etiam Pacifico et Caspico" [Caspian Sea].

Vernacular Names: Caspian Seal.

Distribution: Coastal regions of the Caspian Sea: Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

SubOrder

Caniformia

Family

Phocidae

Genus

Pusa