Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Alternative combinations: Arctocephalus (Arctocephalus) forsteri, Otaria forsteri
Belongs to Arctocephalus according to T. A. Deméré et al. 2003
See also Allen 1880, Berta et al. 2018, Cullen et al. 2014, Gray 1871, Lydekker 1885, Repenning and Tedford 1977, Rice 1998, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Arctocephalus (Arctocephalus), Arctocephalus (Callotaria), Arctocephalus australis, Arctocephalus doriferus, Arctocephalus elegans, Arctocephalus eulophus, Arctocephalus falklandicus, Arctocephalus fischeri, Arctocephalus forsteri, Arctocephalus galapagoensis, Arctocephalus gazella, Arctocephalus grayii, Arctocephalus nivosus, Arctocephalus philippi, Arctocephalus philippii, Arctocephalus pusillus, Arctocephalus tasmanica, Arctocephalus townsendi, Arctocephalus tropicalis, Halarctus delalandii
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Caledonia (1 collection), New Zealand (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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