Arctocephalus tropicalis

Arctocephalus tropicalis (Subantarctic Fur Seal)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Otarioidea‎
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Cladus: Canoidea Infraordo: Arctoidea Parvordo: Mustelida Cladus: Pan-Pinnipedia Cladus: Pinnipedimorpha Cladus: Pinnipediformes Cladus: Pinnipedia Superfamilia: Otarioidea

Familia: Otariidae
Genus: Arctocephalus
Species: Arctocephalus tropicalis

Name

Arctocephalus tropicalis (J. E. Gray, 1872)

Type locality: "North coast of Australia." This is in error, fixed by King (1959a) to "’Australasian sea’...to include the islands of St. Paul and Amsterdam as these are the islands nearest to Australia...".

Synonyms

Arctocephalus elegans Peters, 1876

References

Gray, J. E. 1872. On the Sea-Bear of New Zealand (Arctocephalus cinereus) and the North-Australian Sea-Bear (Gypsophoca tropicalis). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1872: 653.

Links

Arctocephalus tropicalis in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Arctocephalus elegans (J. E. Gray, 1872) (Least Concern)
Arctocephalus tropicalis (J. E. Gray, 1872) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Subantarktischer Seebär
English: Subantarctic Fur Seal
español: León marino subantártico
português: Lobo-marinho-subantártico

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