Long-necked seal
| Long-necked seal | |
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| Parsons' illustration of the long-necked seal (top) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Clade: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Phocidae |
| Genus: | Phoca |
| Species: | P. mutica
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| Binomial name | |
| Phoca mutica | |
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The long-necked seal (Phoca mutica) is a hypothetical species of earless seals. It was first described in 1681 by Nehemiah Grew, based on a skin of unknown provenance in the museum of the Royal Society.[3] An illustration of this specimen was published by James Parsons in 1751.[4] In 1792, Robert Kerr gave it the scientific name Phoca mutica.[1] In 1800, George Shaw proposed the alternate scientific name Phoca longicollis.[2] The skin has not been relocated since then, so the existence of the species remains unconfirmed.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Kerr, R. (1792). The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System, of the Celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia: Containing a Complete Systematic Description, Arrangement, and Nomenclature, of All the Known Species and Varieties of the Mammalia, or Animals Which Give Suck to Their Young; Being a Translation of That Part of the Systema Naturae, as Lately Published, with Great Improvements, by Professor Gmelin of Goettingen. Edinburgh, UK: A. Strahan, T. Cadell, & W. Creech. p. 127. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.57940.
- ^ a b Shaw, G. (1800). General Zoology or Systematic Natural History. Volume I. Part II. Mammalia. London, UK: G. Kearsley. p. 256. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.1593.
- ^ Grew, N. (1681). Musaeum Regalis Societatis. Or a Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham College. London, UK: Nehemiah Grew. p. 95. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.105136.
- ^ Parsons, J. (1751). "A dissertation upon the class of the phocae marinae". Philosophical Transactions. 47: 109–122. doi:10.1098/rstl.1751.0016.
- ^ Woodley, M.A.; Naish, D.; Shanahan, H.P. (2008). "How many extant pinniped species remain to be described?". Historical Biology. 20 (4): 225–235. Bibcode:2008HBio...20..225W. doi:10.1080/08912960902830210.
- ^ Marshall, M. (2012). "Lost treasures: The sea-monster seal". New Scientist. 213 (2850): 44. Bibcode:2012NewSc.213...44M. doi:10.1016/S0262-4079(12)60313-3.