Phoca

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Phoca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Phocidae Genus: Phoca Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Phoca largha (Spotted Seal) Phoca vitulina (Common Seal) former members of Phoca Histriophoca fasciata (Ribbon Seal) Pusa caspica (Caspian Seal) Pusa hispida (Ringed Seal) Pusa sibirica (Nerpa or Baikal Seal) Pagophilus groenlandica (Harp Seal)

Phoca is a genus of the earless seals, within the Family Phocidae. It contains two species, the common seal and the spotted seal (or largha seal). Several species formerly listed under this genus have been split into the genera Pusa, Pagophilus, and Histriophoca.

[edit] External links

• Phoca (TSN 180641). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

v • d • e Extant species of family Phocidae Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Carnivora · Suborder: Caniformia Monachus Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi) · Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) Mirounga Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) · Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) Ommatophoca Ross Seal (Ommatophoca rossi) Lobodon Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) Hydrurga Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) Leptonychotes Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) Erignathus Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) Cystophora Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata) Phoca Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) · Spotted Seal (Phoca largha) Pusa Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida) · Nerpa (Pusa sibirica) · Caspian Seal (Pusa caspica) Pagophilus Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandica) Histriophoca Ribbon Seal (Histriophoca fasciata) Halichoerus Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) Category