Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Carnivora > Family: Phocidae > Genus: Cystophora > Species: Cystophora cristata

Hooded seal - Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Not Applicable (IUCN)
EU conservation status by biogeographical region	Marine Atlantic - Unknown
EU conservation status by biogeographical region	Marine Macaronesian - Unknown
Protected by	EU Habitats Directive and 1 other international agreement
Most preferred habitats	open ocean shelf
Natura 2000 species code	2637

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Vulnerable

Europe

Not Applicable

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2007-2012 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.

Favourable: the species is viable and maintaining itself on a long-term basis, its natural range is not reduced, and it has a sufficient large habitat.
Unfavourable-Inadequate: the species is not as critical as being unfavourable-bad, but still requires significant conservation and restoration measure to make it viable in the long-term, or to enlarged its current range, or to improve the quality and availability of its habitat.
Unfavourable-Bad: the species is either not maintaining itself on a long-term basis and is not viable, or its natural range as been or is being drastically reduced, or its habitat is largely insufficient; the species requires major conservation and restoration measures.
Unknown: the information available for the species is scarce and does not allow a proper assessment of its conservation status.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive)	Annex V: animal and plant species of community interest whose taking in the wild and exploitation may be subject to management measures. (All species of Phocidae not mentioned in Annex IV)		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Blåssäl	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Blöðruselur	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Cistofora crestata	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Foca de casco	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Foca-de-crista	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hólyagos fóka	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hooded seal	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kapturnik	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Klapmuts	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Klapmyds	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Klappmütze	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Klappmyss	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kuplahylje	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Phoque à capuchon	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Põishüljes	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Tuljan mjehuraš	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
Phoca cristata	Erxleben, 1777
Cystophora borealis	Nilsson, 1820
Cystophora dimidiata	Rüppell, 1842

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia
WoRMS	World Register of Marine Species

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