Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Alternative combinations: Callocephalus caspica, Callocephalus caspicus, Phoca (Phoca) caspica, Phoca (Pusa) caspica, Phoca caspica

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

Sister taxa: Pusa hispida gichigensis, Pusa hispida saimensis

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore