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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mysticete" data-source="post: 1654514" data-attributes="member: 67784">oh by all regards all the subspecies and former taxonomic placements for pinnipeds will be discussed; more likely subspecies will be used as either a dumping ground for forms that need "more work" or for forms with disjunct distributions but no apparent differences in morph or genetics.Thankfully I am only focusing on seals...if I had to do whales it would be a nightmare.  I have heard estimates of as many as 30 unrecognized "species" being in existence that with further taxonomic work could be recognized!</blockquote>