Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Bearded Seal, Pacific Bearded Seal, Squareflipper, Ugruk
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 13 meters (0 to 43 feet).Mean = 1.950 meters (6.398 feet), Standard Deviation = 21.040 based on 20 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biome: Terrestrial ; Marine
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ferae
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Mckenna, 1975:41
- Order:
Carnivora
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Suborder:
Caniformia
()
- Kretzoi, 1943
- Infraorder:
Arctoidea
()
- Flower, 1869
- Parvorder:
Ursida
()
- Tedford, 1976
- Superfamily:
Phocoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Smirnov, 1908
- Family:
Phocidae
()
- (Gray, 1821) Gray, 1825:340
- Subfamily:
Phocinae
()
- Tribe:
Phocini
()
- Genus:
Erignathus
()
- Gill, 1866
- Specific name:
barbatus
- Subspecies:
nauticus
- Scientific name: - Erignathus barbatus nauticus
- Subspecies:
nauticus
- Specific name:
barbatus
- Genus:
Erignathus
(
- Tribe:
Phocini
(
- Subfamily:
Phocinae
(
- Family:
Phocidae
(
- Superfamily:
Phocoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Ursida
(
- Infraorder:
Arctoidea
(
- Suborder:
Caniformia
(
- Order:
Carnivora
(
- Grandorder:
Ferae
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Erignathus barbatus nauticus (Pallas, 1811)
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Erignathus
There are approximately 4 species in this genus:
E. barbata · E. barbatus (Bearded Seal) · E. barbatus barbatus (Atlantic Bearded Seal) · E. barbatus nauticus (Bearded Seal)
Bibliography
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- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Rice, Dale W. 1998. Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. The Society for Marine Mammalogy. Lawrence, Kansas, USA. ix + 231. ISBN: 1-891276-03-4.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
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Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- NatureServe. 2003. Downloadable animal data sets. NatureServe Central Databases. Accessed February 6, 2005.
- Seal Specialist Group 1996. Erignathus barbatus ssp. nauticus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Seal Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3296986
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-622070
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13909501
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 622070
- IUCN ID: 8013
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4894
