Pusa hispida Schreber 1775

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 600

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scientific name	Pusa hispida Schreber 1775
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Pusa hispida Schreber 1775 , Die Saugethiere, Vol. 2, 13: pl. 86 [1775]; see also text 3 (17): 312 [1776].

Type Locality: "Man fängt ihn auf den Küsten von Grönland und Labrader".

Vernacular Names: Ringed Seal.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Pusa hispida subsp. hispida Schreber 1775

Subspecies Pusa hispida subsp. botnica Gmelin 1788

Subspecies Pusa hispida subsp. ladogensis Nordquiest 1899

Subspecies Pusa hispida subsp. ochotensis Pallas 1811

Subspecies Pusa hispida subsp. saimensis Nordquist 1899

Distribution: Arctic Ocean and coastal regions of Açôres (vagrant), Canada (Nettilling Lake, Baffin Isl), China (vagrant: Jiangsu), Estonia, Finland (Saimaa Lake), Germany (vagrant), Greenland, Japan (Hokkaido, vagrant: Shikoku, Kyushu), Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal (vagrant), Russia (Okhotsk, Bering, and Baltic Seas), Sweden, USA (vagrant: New Jersey, California).

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as Phoca hispida saimensis ; IUCN – Endangered as P. h. saimensis, Vulnerable as P. h. botnica and P. h. ladogensis, Lower Risk as P. hispida and as P. h. ochotensis .

Discussion: Placed in Pusa Scopoli, 1771 , by Scheffer (1958) and Rice (1998). Mohr (1952) described successful mating in captivity between Pusa hispida and Halichoerus grypus .