Bearded Seal

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q149405
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Summary

Bearded Seal is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,237 views/month, #1,355 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4], Near Threatened[5]
  • Parent taxon: Erignathus[6]
  • Taxon name: Erignathus barbatus[7]
  • Subclass of: Pinnipedia[8]
  • Commons category: Erignathus barbatus[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Erignathus barbatus[10]
  • Commons gallery: Erignathus barbatus[11]
  • Described at URL: https://ansiklopedi.tubitak.gov.tr/kutup/ansiklopedi/sakalli-fok[12]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13]
  • Original combination: Phoca barbata[14]
  • Short name: E. barbatus[15]
  • Taxon common name: Bearded Seal[16], Remmesæl[17], Bartrobbe[18], Foca barbuda[19], partahylje[20], Granarkópur[21], Phoque barbu[22], Biardselag[23], Szakállas fóka[24], Kampselur[25], Ugyuk[26], アゴヒゲアザラシ[27], Ugssuk[28], Baardrob[29]
  • Gestation period: 10.75 month[30]
  • Sequenced genome URL: https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Erignathus_barbatus[31]

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Identifiers

Bearded Seal's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41720[32]. Bearded Seal's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 39304[33]. Bearded Seal's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559154[34]. Bearded Seal's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2434816[35]. Bearded Seal's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180655[36].

Why It Matters

Bearded Seal has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

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] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [33] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [36] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [35] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . The List of Standard Japanese Names of World Mammals. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  33. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . DNA Zoo. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i46341
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02083365-n
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  2. 14w ago · TadejM · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bearded Seal'}, {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Remmesæl'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Bartrobbe'} +23
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  3. 21w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Erignathus
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Original combination → Phoca barbata
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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