Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann 1783)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 590

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Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann 1783)
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Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann 1783) View in CoL

[Phoca] australis Zimmermann 1783 View in CoL , Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 3: 276.

Type Locality: Zimmermann (1783) based the name on the "Falkland Isle Seal" of Pennant (1781), and added that it "Wohnt um Juan Fernandez, und über haupt in dortigen Meeren." [Falkland Isls, UK].

Vernacular Names: South American Fur Seal.

Synonyms: Arctocephalus argentata (Philippi 1871) ; Arctocephalus australis (J. A. Allen 1880) ; Arctocephalus brachydactyla (Philippi 1892) ; Arctocephalus falclandica (J. B. Fischer 1829) ; Arctocephalus falklandica ( Shaw 1800) ; Arctocephalus gracilis Nehring 1887 ; Arctocephalus grayii Scott 1873 ; Arctocephalus hauvillii (Lesson 1827) ; Arctocephalus laitirostros J. E. Gray 1874 ; Arctocephalus latirostris (J. E. Gray 1872) ; Arctocephalus leucostoma (Philippi 1892) ; Arctocephalus lupina ( Molina 1782) ; Arctocephalus nigrescens (J. E. Gray 1850) ; Arctocephalus shawii (Lesson 1828) ; Arctocephalus ursinus J. E. Gray 1843 .

Distribution: South America coasts of Argentina, Brazil (from Recife dos Tôrres south), Chile, Falkland Isls, Peru (from Isla Lobos de Tierra south), Uruguay.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Scheffer (1958) included galapagoensis Heller, 1904 , but this was not followed by Repenning et al. (1971) or King (1983). Synonyms allocated according to Cabrera (1957) and Rice (1998).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Otariidae

Genus

Arctocephalus

Loc

Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann 1783)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Phoca] australis

Zimmermann 1783: 276
1783
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