Pusa
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This article is about a genus of marine mammals. For other uses, see Pusa (disambiguation).
| Pusa | |
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| Baikal Seal | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Phocidae |
| Genus: | Pusa Scopoli, 1771 |
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Pusa caspica (Caspian seal) |
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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.
[edit] External links
- "Pusa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=621841.
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