Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 80722

Alternative combination: Phoca (Pusa) hispida

Synonyms: Callocephalus dimidiatus Schlegel 1800 (no. 98696), Callocephalus foetidus Fabricius 1776 (no. 137345), Pagomys foetida Fabricius 1776 (no. 104976), Pagomys foetidus Fabricius 1776 (no. 98699), Phoca (Phoca) foetida Fabricius 1776 (no. 148605), Phoca (Pusa) foetida Fabricius 1776 (no. 174518), Phoca dimidiata Schlegel 1800 (no. 98695), Phoca foetica Fabricius 1776 (no. 381419), Phoca foetida Fabricius 1776 (no. 98698)

Belongs to Pusa according to T. A. Deméré et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Pusa caspica, Pusa sibirica

Ecology: scansorial insectivore