Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam 1897

Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 11: 178. TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Guadalupe Isl., Fondeadero del Oeste (West Anchorage). DISTRIBUTION: Guadalupe Isl. (Mexico); Channel Isis. (California, U. S. A.). COMMENT: Formerly included in Arctophoca; see Repenning et al., 1971, Ant...

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Main Authors: James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman, James W. Koeppl
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Published: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections 1982
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7205989
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7205989
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Summary:Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 11: 178. TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Guadalupe Isl., Fondeadero del Oeste (West Anchorage). DISTRIBUTION: Guadalupe Isl. (Mexico); Channel Isis. (California, U. S. A.). COMMENT: Formerly included in Arctophoca; see Repenning et al., 1971, Antarct. Res. Ser., 18:1 -34. Considered conspecific with philippii by Scheffer, 1958, Seals, sealions, and walruses, Stanford Univ. Press, 179 pp. PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I. ISIS NUMBER: 5301413001001007001. Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, pp. 244-289 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 284, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7352980