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Arctocephalus Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1826
Southern Fur Seals
Arctocephalus Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1826; Dict. Sci. Nat., 39: 554, TS: Arctocephalus ursinus Geoffroy & Cuvier
Arctophoca

[sp-1.jpg] 800x535 (~155Kb) Hagenbeck Zoological Garden, Hamburg (Germany), May 2000, Photo © Ralf Schmode [sp-2.jpg] 600x731 (~123Kb) Hagenbeck Zoological Garden, Hamburg (Germany), May 2000, Photo © Ralf Schmode

The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.


Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann, 1783)
coasts of S.America from Lima to Rio de Janeiro, Falkland Is. australis (Zimmermann, 1783); Geogr. Gesch. Messch. Vierf. Thiere, 3: 276, TL: Falkland Is.
Arctocephalus forsteri (Lesson, 1828)
New Zealand, S.Australia, W.Australia. See [About maps] forsteri (Lesson, 1828); Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. Paris., 13: 421, TL: New Zealand, Southland, Dusky Sound
Arctocephalus galapagoensis Heller, 1904
Galapagos Is., Wenman Is. Arctocephalus galapagoensis Heller, 1904; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (3) 3 (7): 245, TL: Galapagos Is.
Arctocephalus gazella (Peters, 1875)
Kerguelen, S.Sandwich, S.Orkney, Heard, Bouver, S.Shetland Isls gazella (Peters, 1875); Monatsb. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 396, TL: Kerguelen Is.
Arctocephalus philippii (Peters, 1866)
Juan Fernandez Is. philippii (Peters, 1866); Monatsb. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 396, TL: Juan Fernandex Is., Robinson Crues Is.
Arctophoca philippii ;
Arctocephalus pusillus (Schreber, 1776)
Angola - Cape, SE.Australia, Tasmania. See [About maps] pusillus (Schreber, 1776); Saugethiere, 3: text to pl. 85
doriferus
tasmanicus
Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897
North Pacific Ocean Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 11: 178, TL: Guadalupe Island,Baja California, Mexico
Arctophoca townsendi ;
Arctocephalus tropicalis (Gray, 1872)
Tristan, Gough, Marion, Crozet, Amsterdam Island, Macquarie Is. tropicalis (Gray, 1872); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1872: 659, TL: ?Amsterdam Isl.

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