Pusa

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Pusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Phocidae
Genus: Pusa
Scopoli, 1771
Species

Pusa caspica (Caspian Seal)
Pusa hispida (Ringed Seal)
Pusa sibirica (Nerpa or Baikal Seal)

Pusa is a genus of the earless seals, within the Family Phocidae. The three species of this genus were split from the genus Phoca, and some sources still give Phoca as an acceptable synonym for Pusa.

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