Pusa

This article is about a genus of marine mammals. For other uses, see Pusa (disambiguation).
Pusa
Baikal seal
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Phocidae
Subfamily: Phocinae
Tribe: Phocini
Genus: Pusa
Scopoli, 1771
Species

Pusa caspica
Pusa hispida
Pusa sibirica

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.

The three species in this genus are found in Arctic and subarctic regions, as well as around the Caspian Sea. This includes these countries and regions: Russia, Scandinavia, Britain, Greenland, Canada, the United States, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Japan.

Only the Caspian seal is endangered.

Species

Taxonomy

Pusa


ringed seal



Baikal seal




Caspian seal



Cladogram showing relationships among the extant members of genus Pusa, combining several phylogenetic analyses.[1]

References

  1. Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2012). "Pinniped taxonomy: Review of currently recognized species and subspecies, and evidence used for their description". Mammal Review. 42 (3): 207–34. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00193.x.


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