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Pusa sibirica Gmelin, 1788 
AphiaID: 255023

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Carnivora (Order) > Caniformia (Suborder) > Pinnipedia (Infraorder) > Phocidae (Family) > Pusa (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Pusa Scopoli, 1771
Source  basis of record: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Baikal seal  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution Baikal Lake [details]
Links To GenBank (275 nucleotides; 72 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255023
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-12-26 22:05:46Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-05-20 10:05:06Z  changed  Churchill, Morgan
2010-05-20 10:09:49Z  checked  Berta, Annalisa
  
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  Citation: Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2013). Pusa sibirica Gmelin, 1788. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255023 on 2013-05-18
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