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Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus (Schreber, 1776) 
AphiaID: 231438

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Carnivora (Order) > Caniformia (Suborder) > Pinnipedia (Infraorder) > Otariidae (Family) > Arctocephalus (Genus) > Arctocephalus pusillus (Species)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subspecies
Parent Arctocephalus pusillus (Schreber, 1775)
Source  basis of record: 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 Cape fur seal  [details]
English South African fur seal  [details]
Environment marine
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To GenBank (117 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Taxonomic status: placement in this genus is uncertain [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231438
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-05-17 09:54:26Z  created  Charbonneau, Danny
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. (2013). Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus (Schreber, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231438 on 2013-06-19
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