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Phocarctos hookeri (Gray, 1844) 
AphiaID: 231422

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Carnivora (Order) > Caniformia (Suborder) > Pinnipedia (Infraorder) > Otariidae (Family) > Phocarctos (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Phocarctos (Grey, 1844)
Sources  basis of record: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]

additional source: King, C. (2009). Terrestrial mammals (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: Shirihai, H. 2002 A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean Alula Press FI 510 pp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English New Zealand sea lion  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To GenBank
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To ITIS
Note  Distribution: Subantarctic islands south of New Zealand [details]
Images 
New Zealand Sea Lion
New Zealand Sea Lion
added on 2006-11-24 - author: Roger Kirkwood
qualitystatus: not checked

Phocarctos hookeri
Phocarctos hookeri
added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
Edit
history		 
Date   action   by
2006-05-17 09:54:26Z  created  Charbonneau, Danny
2007-12-24 20:10:49Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-05-20 10:05:06Z  changed  Churchill, Morgan
2010-05-20 10:09:49Z  checked  Berta, Annalisa
  
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  Citation: Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2010). Phocarctos hookeri (Gray, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231422 on 2010-09-02
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