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Phoca
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Phoca is a genus of marine mammals within the family Phocidae. It belongs to the order Carnivora, class Mammalia, and phylum Chordata in the kingdom Animalia. The genus was established by Linnaeus in 1758 and is currently accepted as a valid taxon. Its habitats include marine, brackish, and freshwater environments.
Records for Phoca are held by institutions such as NHMUK, USNM, UAM, UCMP, and MSB, with collections located in the United Kingdom and the United States. The Encyclopedia of Life describes the genus as extinct.
Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Encyclopedia of Life, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Vinony's link graph records 558 inbound references to Phoca, and connects out to Odobenidae, Phocinae and Phoca vitulina.
It sits within the topics Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Carnivora genera and Phocins.
Vinony links it to 44 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCarnivora
- FamilyPhocidae
Extinct.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 602
- With media
- 35
- Family
- Phocidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, USNM, UAM, UCMP, MSB, AMNH
- Recorded in
- United Kingdom, United States
Research
1,483 papers- Derivation of Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida) Induced Multipotent Stem Cells.Cellular reprogramming · 2021
- A harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) can learn geometrical relationships between landmarks.The Journal of experimental biology · 2022
- Urinary glucocorticoids in harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) pups during rehabilitation.General and comparative endocrinology · 2023
- CAUSES AND TRENDS OF HARBOR SEAL (PHOCA VITULINA) MORTALITY ALONG THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST, CANADA, 2012-2020.Journal of wildlife diseases · 2023
- Congenital Diseases in Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina richardsii) from the Salish Sea.Journal of wildlife diseases · 2021
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Common Seal Phoca vitulina.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- taxon name
- Phoca
- Commons category
- Phoca
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Phoca
- topic has template
- Template:Taxonomy/Phoca
- different from
- Foka
- taxon author citation
- Linnaeus, 1758
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Article · Italiano
Phoca è un genere della famiglia delle Phocidae. Contiene due specie, la Phoca vitulina e la Phoca largha. Diverse specie precedentemente classificate in questo genere sono state assegnate ai generi , , Histriophoca.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA