Arctocephalus tropicalis

Arctocephalus tropicalis (Gray, 1872). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1872:659. TYPE LOCALITY: "Australasian Sea". No exact locality; probably Amsterdam Isl. DISTRIBUTION: Islands N. of Antarctic Convergence (Tristan, Gough, Marion, Crozet, Amsterdam, Macquarie Isis.). COMMENT: Considered conspec...

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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/7205991
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7205991
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Summary:Arctocephalus tropicalis (Gray, 1872). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1872:659. TYPE LOCALITY: "Australasian Sea". No exact locality; probably Amsterdam Isl. DISTRIBUTION: Islands N. of Antarctic Convergence (Tristan, Gough, Marion, Crozet, Amsterdam, Macquarie Isis.). COMMENT: Considered conspecific with doriferus by Scheffer, 1958, Seals, sealions, and walruses, Stanford Univ. Press, 179 pp. PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Arctocephalus spp. ISIS NUMBER: 5301413001001008001. 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 pages 284-285, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7352980