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Halichoerus grypus grypus  (Fabricius, 1791)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 622046

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Halichoerus grypus macrorhynchus Hornschuch and Schilling, 1851
  
    Halichoerus grypus macrorhynchus Hornschuch and Schilling, 1850
  
    Halichoerus grypus baltica Nehring, 1886
  
  Common Name(s): Baltic gray seal [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 – dog-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyPhocidae Gray, 1821 – earless seals, true seals  
                                        GenusHalichoerus Nilsson, 1820 – gray seals  
                                           SpeciesHalichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791) – Gray Seal, Atlantic gray seal, Atlantic seal, Baltic gray seal, horsehead, phoque gris  
                                              SubspeciesHalichoerus grypus grypus (Fabricius, 1791) – Baltic gray seal  
       

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  Source: List of Marine Mammal Species and Subspecies, website (version Aug 2018)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Committee on Taxonomy. 2018. List of marine mammal species and subspecies. Society for Marine Mammalogy, www.marinemammalscience.org, consulted on 8 October 2019   
  Reference for: Halichoerus grypus grypus, Baltic gray seal [English]   
       
  Source: List of Marine Mammal Species and Subspecies (2023), website (version Jun 2023)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: Committee on Taxonomy. 2023. List of marine mammal species and subspecies. Society for Marine Mammalogy, www.marinemammalscience.org, consulted on 6 February 2024   
  Reference for: Halichoerus grypus grypus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Olsen, Morten Tange, Anders Galatius, Vincent Biard, Kristian Gregersen, and Carl Christian Kinze  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: The forgotten type specimen of the grey seal [Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791)] from the island of Amager, Denmark   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 178, no. 3   
  Page(s): 713-720   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1096-3642   
  Notes: doi: 10.1111/zoj.12426   
  Reference for: Halichoerus grypus grypus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rice, Dale W.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4   
  Page(s): ix + 231   
  Publisher: The Society for Marine Mammalogy   
  Publication Place: Lawrence, Kansas, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-891276-03-4   
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  Reference for: Halichoerus grypus grypus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Eastern Atlantic Ocean  
       
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