Phoca

Phoca

Taxobox
name = "Phoca"


image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
familia = Phocidae
genus = "Phoca"
genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Phoca largha" (Spotted Seal)
"Phoca vitulina" (Common Seal)
*former members of Phoca
"Histriophoca fasciata" (Ribbon Seal)
"Pusa caspica" (Caspian Seal)
"Pusa hispida" (Ringed Seal)
"Pusa sibirica" (Nerpa or Baikal Seal)
"Pagophilus groenlandica" (Harp Seal)

"Phoca" is a genus of the earless seals, within the Family Phocidae. It contains two species, the Common Seal and the Spotted Seal (or Largha Seal). Several species formerly listed under this genus have been split into the genera "Pusa", "Pagophilus", and "Histriophoca".

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