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Phoca ursina Linnaeus, 1758, spec. nov.

Description

Phoca ursina [spec. nov.]

P. capite auriculato.

Ursus marinus. Act. petropol. 2. ann. 1749.

Habitat in Camschatcae maritimis inter Asiam & Americam proximam, primario in insula Beringii.

Impetuosissime natant, mares polygami gregatim degunt cum uxoribus, filiis, filiabus ad 120; coeunt in littore resupinata femina, vix metuunt hominem, mordent projectum lapidem, senes elumbes quiescunt pingues, proprium lapidem pro lecto habent, quem non deserunt; bella instituunt propter uxores, lectum, aeqvum & justum; succumbente uno accurrit alter opem laturus, mox alteri alius, ne duo contra unum, usque dum omnes praelio involuti: moesti lacrymas fundunt copiosissimas. Steller.

Notes

Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on page 37, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542, http://zenodo.org/record/3922206

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Identifiers

Biodiversity

Family
Phocidae
Genus
Phoca
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
ursina
Taxonomic status
spec. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Phoca ursina Linnaeus, 1758