Phoca vitulina richardii, Elkhorn Slough, California, USA

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phocoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Ferae
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Infraordo: Arctoidea
Cladus: Pan-Pinnipedia
Cladus: Pinnipedimorpha
Cladus: Pinnipediformes
Parvordo: Pinnipedia
Superfamilia: Phocoidea

Familia: Phocidae
Genus: Phoca
Species: Phoca vitulina
Subspecies: Phoca vitulina richardii

Name

Phoca vitulina richardii (Gray, 1864)

Type locality: Canada, Vancouver, Fraser's River.

Holotype: BMNH? - tbc.

Synonymy

  • Halicyon richardii (protonym)
  • Phoca richardii geronimensis J. A. Allen, 1902

References

  • Gray, J. E. 1864. Notes on seals (Phocidae), including the description of a new seal (Halicyon richardii) from the west coast of North America. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 28.
  • Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 16 (34): 495.
  • Phoca vitulina richardii in Mammal Species of the World.
    Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Pacific Harbour Seal
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