Phoca

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Phoca
Image:Common seal.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Phocidae
Genus: Phoca
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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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