Arctocephalus tropicalis

Arctocephalus tropicalis (Subantarctic Fur Seal)

Taxonavigation

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 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