Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann 1783)

[Phoca] australis Zimmermann 1783, 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).