Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Alternative combinations: Arctophoca australis, Phoca australis
Synonyms: Arctophoca tropicalis Gray 1872, Gypsophoca tropicalis Gray 1872
Full reference: E. A. W. Zimmerman. 1783. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der allgemein verbreiteten vierfüßigen Thiere, nebst einer hieher gehörigen zoologischen Weltcharte 1-278
Belongs to Arctocephalus according to C. A. Pereyra and M. Magnussen 2021
See also Berta and Churchill 2012, Berta et al. 2018, Cullen et al. 2014, Deméré et al. 2003, Gray 1872, Lopes et al. 2021, Lopes et al. 2021, Nyakatura and Bininda-Emonds 2012, Repenning et al. 1971, Repenning and Tedford 1977, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Turner 1912 and Zimmerman 1783
Sister taxa: Arctocephalus (Arctocephalus), Arctocephalus (Callotaria), Arctocephalus doriferus, Arctocephalus elegans, Arctocephalus eulophus, Arctocephalus falklandicus, Arctocephalus fischeri, Arctocephalus forsteri, Arctocephalus forsteri, Arctocephalus galapagoensis, Arctocephalus gazella, Arctocephalus grayii, Arctocephalus nivosus, Arctocephalus philippi, Arctocephalus philippii, Arctocephalus pusillus, Arctocephalus tasmanica, Arctocephalus townsendi, Arctocephalus tropicalis, Halarctus delalandii
Subtaxa: Gypsophoca subtropicalus
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution: found only at Canal 15 (Quaternary of Argentina)
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