Pusa
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This article is about genus of marine mammals. For the Indian technical school, see Pusa Polytechnic.
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Pusa caspica (Caspian Seal) |
'Pusa' is a genus of the earless seals, within the Family Phocidae. The three species of this genus were split from the genus Phoca, and some sources still give Phoca as an acceptable synonym for Pusa.
'Pusa' is also the Tagalog or Filipino word for cat.
