Neophoca Gray, 1866

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 328

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Neophoca Gray, 1866 View in CoL . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 18:231.

TYPE SPECIES: Arctocephalus lobatus Gray, 1828 (= Otaria cinerea Péron, 1816 View in CoL ).

COMMENTS: Sivertsen (1954) and Scheffer (1958) considered Neophoca congeneric with Phocarctos ; however, it was retained as separate by J. E. King (1960, 1983), Rice (1977), and Barnes (1989).