Arctocephalus pusillus (Schreber, 1775)

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 327

Arctocephalus pusillus (Schreber, 1775) . Die Säugethiere, 2(13):pl. 85 (1775]; text, 3(17):314 [1776].

TYPE LOCALITY: Unknown. "Diese Gattung findet sich in den levantischen, und nach dem Herrn Grafen von Büffon, im indischen Meere"; discussion of type locality in Allen (1880) .

DISTRIBUTION: SW Africa from Angola to Algoa Bay; SE Australia; Tasmania.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: antarctica Thunberg, 1811; compressa Gray, 1874; delalandii Gray, 1859; doriferus Wood Jones, 1925; nivosus Gray, 1868; parva Boddaert, 1785; peronii Desmarest, 1820; schisthyperoes Turner, 1868; tasmanicus Scott and Lord, 1926.

COMMENTS: Repenning et al. (1971) and J. E. King (1983) included doriferus Wood-Jones, 1925; however, Scheffer (1958) considered it a distinct species.