The National Red List Project

NRLD - 20776 | Phoca hispida

Assessment ID
20776
Taxon name
Phoca hispida
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Phoca hispida
Common name(s)
Estonian: viigerhüljes
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
phocidae
Genus
Phoca
Species
hispida
Species authority
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Estonia
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Estonia
Country ISO code(s)
EST
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Vulnerable
Abbreviated status
VU
Criteria system used
Non-IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
1998
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Lilleleht, V. (Ed.). 1998. Red Data Book of Estonia. Threatened Fungi, Plants and Animals. Tartu. 150 p. (In Estonian with English summary).
Criteria system used
Non-IUCN
Reference for methods given
Ingelög et al. (1993) Red data book of the Baltic Region. Uppsala : Swedish Threatened Species Unit, in cooperation with Institute of Biology, Riga.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.zbi.ee/punane/muu/saateks_e.html
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
No
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Sea
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Exploitation due to trapping, hunting, mining, illegal hunting or fishing, Distrubance and traffic, Environmental toxins, air pollution, acidification
Publication
Eesti Punane Raamat
Lilleleht, V., editor. 1998. Red Data Book of Estonia: Threatened Fungi, Plants and Animals. Tartu. 150 p. (In Estonian with English summary).