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--> GENUS Histriophoca
SPECIES Histriophoca fasciata
Author: | Zimmermann, 1783. | Citation: | Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 3: 277. | Common Name: | Ribbon Seal | Type Locality: | "Wohnt um die Kurilischen Inseln" [Russia, Kurile Isls]. | Distribution: | Japan (N Hokkaido), Russia (Okhotsk, W Bering, Chukchi and Japan Seas), USA (Alaska, California-vagrant). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Reviewed by Burns and Fay (1970). Placed in Histriophoca Gill, 1873, by Scheffer (1958), Muizon (1982b), and Rice (1998). |
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