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Neophoca cinerea

Description

Neophoca cinerea (Péron 1816)

[Otaria] cinerea Péron 1816, Voy. Decouv. Terres. Austral., Vol. 2: 54.

Type Locality: "L'ile Decrès" [Australia, South Australia, Kangaroo Isl].

Vernacular Names: Australian Sealion.

Synonyms: Neophoca albicollis (Péron 1816); Neophoca australis (Quoy and Gaimard 1830); Neophoca fosteri (Wood Jones 1922); Neophoca lobatus (J. E. Gray 1828); Neophoca stelleri (Temminck 1844); Neophoca williamsi (McCoy 1877).

Distribution: Australia coastal regions (Houtmans Abrolhos in the west to Kangaroo Isl in the south).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Allen (1880) questioned the validity of the type description. Reviewed by Ling (1992). Synonyms allocated according to Ling (1992).

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 592, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Péron
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Otariidae
Genus
Neophoca
Species
cinerea
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Neophoca cinerea (Péron, 1816) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Gray, J. E. 1828 - 1830 [- 1924]. Spicilegia zoological; or original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals. London, 1: 1 - 8 [1828]; 2: 9 - 12 [1830]; 3: 1 - 13 [1924].
  • 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.