Arctocephalus townsendi

Arctocephalus townsendi

Taxonavigation: Otarioidea‎

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Ferae Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Cladus: Pan-Pinnipedia Cladus: Pinnipedimorpha Cladus: Pinnipediformes Parvordo: Pinnipedia Superfamilia: Otarioidea

Familia: Otariidae
Genus: Arctocephalus
Species: Arctocephalus townsendi

Name

Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897: 178

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

Synonyms

• Arctophoca townsendi (Merriam, 1897)
• Arctophoca townsendi Sivertsen, 1954
• Arctocephalus philippii - King, 1954: 326

References

• Merriam, C.H. 1897. A new fur-seal or sea-bear (Arctocephalus townsendi) from Guadalupe Island, off Lower California. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 11: 175–178. BHL Reference page. 
• King, J.E. 1954. The otariid seals of the Pacific Coast of America. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Zoology 2: 309–338. BHL Reference page. 
• Sivertsen, E. 1954. A survey of the eared seals (family Otariidae) with remarks on the Antarctic seals collected by M/K Norvegia in 1928–1929. Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi i Oslo. Scientific results of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition 1927–1928, 36: 42.
• Belcher, R. L., and T. E. Lee, Jr, 2002. Arctocephalus townsendi, Mammalian Species, 700: 1–5.

Links

• Arctocephalus townsendi 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 townsendi Merriam, 1897 (Near Threatened)
• Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Arctocephalus townsendi

Vernacular names

English: Guadalupe Fur Seal, Lower Californian Fur Seal
español: Lobo Marino de Guadalupe
polski: Kotik meksykański