Neophoca cinerea Peron 1816 (Australian sea lion)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae

Alternative combinations: Arctocephalus cinerea, Arctocephalus cinereus, Eumetopias cinerea, Otaria cinerea

Synonyms: Arctocephalus (Arctocephalus) australis Quoy and Gaimard 1830, Arctocephalus australis Quoy and Gaimard 1830, Arctocephalus lobatus Gray 1828, Arctocephalus williamsi McCoy 1877, Eumetopias (Zalophus) lobatus Gray 1828, Neophoca lobata Gray 1828, Neophoca lobatus Gray 1828, Otaria albicollis Péron 1816, Otaria australis Quoy and Gaimard 1830, Zalophus lobatus Gray 1828, Zalophus williamsi McCoy 1877

Belongs to Neophoca according to T. A. Deméré et al. 2003

See also Allen 1870, Allen 1880, Berta and Churchill 2012, Berta et al. 2018, Cullen et al. 2014, Gray 1850, Gray 1866, Gray 1871, Gray 1873, Gray 1874, Kellogg 1922, Ling 1992, Marlow and King 1974, Quoy and Gaimard 1830, Repenning and Tedford 1977, Riedman 1990, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, True 1909, Turner 1912 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxon: Neophoca palatina

Ecology: amphibious piscivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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