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Arctocephalus Cuvier, 1827

AphiaID

231390 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231390)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Otariidae Gray, 1825

Direct children (8)

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Species Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann, 1783)
Species Arctocephalus galapagoensis Heller, 1904
Species Arctocephalus gazella (Peters, 1875)
Species Arctocephalus philippii (Peters, 1866)
Species Arctocephalus pusillus (Schreber, 1775)
Species Arctocephalus tropicalis (Gray, 1872)
Species Arctocephalus forsteri (Lesson, 1828) accepted as Arctocephalus australis forsteri (Lesson, 1828)
Species Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897 accepted as Arctocephalus philippii townsendi (Merriam, 1897)

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Arctocephalus Cuvier, 1827. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231390 on 2026-08-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

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

2016-11-18 10:28:53Z

changed

Berta, Annalisa

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Nomenclature

basis of record Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp. [details]

Other

additional source Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2012). Pinniped taxonomy: review of currently recognized species and subspecies, and evidence used for their description. <em>Mammal Review.</em> 42(3), 207-234. [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]