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Eumetopias jubatus

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Eumetopias jubatus (Schreber, 1776). Die Säugethiere, text, 3(17):300 [1776]; 3(17):pl. 83.B[1776].

TYPE LOCALITY: "...Aufenthalt in dem nördlichen Theil des stillen Meeres...westlichen Küste von Amerika... östlichen von Kamtschatka...Inseln...Küsten unter dem 56ten Grade der Breite liegen." [N part of the Pacific. Russia, Commander and Bering Isis].

DISTRIBUTION: N Pacific, from Hokkaido (Japan) to S California (USA).

STATUS: U.S. ESA - Threatened.

SYNONYMS: marinus Steller, 1751; monteriensis Gray, 1859; stellerii Lesson, 1828.

COMMENTS: Scheffer (1958) pointed out that jubata Forster, 1775, is invalid. Reviewed by Loughlin et al. (1987, Mammalian Species, 283).

Notes

Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 328, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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Scientific name authorship
Schreber
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Otariidae
Genus
Eumetopias
Species
jubatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Eumetopias jubatus (Schreber, 1776) sec. Wozencraft, 1993

References

  • Scheffer, V. B. 1958. Seals, sea lions, and walruses, a review of the Pinnipedia. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 179 pp.
  • Loughlin, T. R., M. A. Perez, and R. L. Merrick. 1987. Eumetopias jubatus. Mammalian Species, 283: 1 - 7.