Ringed Seal

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q203208
Ringed Seal
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Summary

Ringed Seal is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,362 views/month, #1,245 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Pusa[5]
  • Taxon name: Pusa hispida[6]
  • Commons category: Pusa hispida[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pusa hispida[8]
  • Commons gallery: Pusa hispida[9]
  • Original combination: Phoca hispida[10]
  • Taxon synonym: Phoca hispida[11], Pusa hispida botnica[12]
  • Short name: P. hispida[13]
  • Taxon common name: Ringed Seal[14], Foca Ocelada[15], Phoque annelé[16], Fjord Seal[17], Jar Seal[18], Eismeer-Ringelrobbe[19], Arktische Ringelrobbe[20], ringelrob[21], norppa[22], nerpa obrączkowana[23], nerpa[24], foka obrączkowana[25], 环斑小头海豹[26], 环海豹[27]
  • Gestation period: 10.75 month[28]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Climate change[29]

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Identifiers

Ringed Seal's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41691[30]. Ringed Seal's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9718[31]. Ringed Seal's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559170[32]. Ringed Seal's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219369[33]. Ringed Seal's ITIS TSN is recorded as 622018[34].

Why It Matters

Ringed Seal has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A Guide to the Mammals of China. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [31] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [33] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . China' s mammalian diversity. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . list of endangered and protected species of China. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  31. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ringed-seal
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: ringed-seal, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289963892|ringed seal (#289963892)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  2. 15w ago · TadejM · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ringed Seal'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Foca Ocelada'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Phoque annelé'} +17
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: kolobarjasti tjulenj"
  3. 22w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Pusa
    Regional conservation status → Near Threatened
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Climate change
    Instance of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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