Arctocephalus townsendi
Taxonavigation: Caniformia 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Superordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Ferae
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia

Familia: Otariidae
Genus: Arctocephalus
Species: Arctocephalus townsendi

Name

Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897

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

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.
  • King, J. E. 1954. The otariid seals of the Pacific Coast of America. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History Zoology, 2: 326.
  • 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.

Vernacular names

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