Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Alternative combination: Phoca (Pusa) hispida gichigensis

Full reference: J. A. Allen. 1902. The hair seals (Family Phocidae) of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 16(34):459-499

Belongs to Pusa hispida according to E. L. Trouessart 1904

Sister taxa: Pusa hispida caspica, Pusa hispida saimensis

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore