Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam 1897

Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam 1897, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 11: 175.

Type Locality: " Guadalupe Island, off Lower California... collected on the beach on west side of Guadalupe." [Mexico] .

Vernacular Names: Guadalupe Fur Seal.

Distribution: Mexico (Guadalupe Isl), USA (Channel Isls).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Threatened; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Reviewed by Belcher and Lee (2002). Formerly included in Arctophoca; see Repenning et al. (1971). Considered conspecific with philippii by Scheffer (1958).