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Arctocephalus australis

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Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann 1783)

[Phoca] australis Zimmermann 1783, Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 3: 276.

Type Locality: Zimmermann (1783) based the name on the "Falkland Isle Seal" of Pennant (1781), and added that it "Wohnt um Juan Fernandez, und über haupt in dortigen Meeren." [Falkland Isls, UK].

Vernacular Names: South American Fur Seal.

Synonyms: Arctocephalus argentata (Philippi 1871); Arctocephalus australis (J. A. Allen 1880); Arctocephalus brachydactyla (Philippi 1892); Arctocephalus falclandica (J. B. Fischer 1829); Arctocephalus falklandica (Shaw 1800); Arctocephalus gracilis Nehring 1887; Arctocephalus grayii Scott 1873; Arctocephalus hauvillii (Lesson 1827); Arctocephalus laitirostros J. E. Gray 1874; Arctocephalus latirostris (J. E. Gray 1872); Arctocephalus leucostoma (Philippi 1892); Arctocephalus lupina (Molina 1782); Arctocephalus nigrescens (J. E. Gray 1850); Arctocephalus shawii (Lesson 1828); Arctocephalus ursinus J. E. Gray 1843.

Distribution: South America coasts of Argentina, Brazil (from Recife dos Tôrres south), Chile, Falkland Isls, Peru (from Isla Lobos de Tierra south), Uruguay.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Scheffer (1958) included galapagoensis Heller, 1904, but this was not followed by Repenning et al. (1971) or King (1983). Synonyms allocated according to Cabrera (1957) and Rice (1998).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 590, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Zimmermann
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Otariidae
Genus
Arctocephalus
Species
australis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann, 1783) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Pennant, T. 1781. History of quadrupeds. B. & J. White, London, 2 volumes.
  • Allen, J. A. 1880. History of North American pinnipeds: A monograph of the walruses, seal-lions, sea-bears and seals of North America. United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Miscellaneous Publication, 12: 1 - 785.
  • Shaw, G. 1800. General zoology or systematic natural history. G. Kearsley, London, 12: 1 - 330.
  • Gray, J. E. 1874. Description of a new species of cat (Felis badia) from Sarawak. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1874: 322 - 323.
  • Molina, G. I. 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili. Stamperia di S. Tommaso d'Aquino, Bologna.
  • Gray, J. E. 1850. Catalogue of the specimens of mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Cetacea. British Museum (Natural History), London, 153 pp.
  • Gray, J. E. 1843. List of the specimens of Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 216 pp.
  • Scheffer, V. B. 1958. Seals, sea lions, and walruses, a review of the Pinnipedia. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 179 pp.
  • Heller, E. 1904. Mammals of the Galapagos Archipelago, exclusive of the Cetacea. Papers of the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898 - 1899. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, ser. 3, 3: 233 - 250.
  • Repenning, C. A., R. S. Peterson, and C. L. Hubbs. 1971. Contributions to the systematics of the southern fur seals, with particular reference to the Juan Fernandez and Guadalupe species. Antarctic Research Series, 18: 1 - 34.
  • Cabrera, A. 1957 [1958] - 1961. Catalogo de los mamiferos de America del Sur. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales " Bernardino Rivadavia ". Ciencias Zoologicas, 4 (1): iv + 308 pp. [1958]; 4 (2): v-xxii + 309 - 732 [1961].
  • Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world: Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy, Special Publication, 4: 1 - 230.