Arctocephalus gazella

Arctocephalus gazella (Peters, 1875). Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1875:393, 396. TYPE LOCALITY: "von Seehunden aus Kerguelenland". Restriced by Scheffer (1958) to "Anse Betsy (49°09'S, 70°11 ' E)." DISTRIBUTION: Islands south of Antarctic convergence (Kergue...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: W. Christopher Wozencraft
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Otariidae
Arctocephalus
Arctocephalus gazella
Antarctic
Kerguelen
Anse Betsy
Amsterdam Island
Antarc*
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7288626
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7288626
Description
Summary:Arctocephalus gazella (Peters, 1875). Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1875:393, 396. TYPE LOCALITY: "von Seehunden aus Kerguelenland". Restriced by Scheffer (1958) to "Anse Betsy (49°09'S, 70°11 ' E)." DISTRIBUTION: Islands south of Antarctic convergence (Kerguelen, S Sandwich, S Orkney, Heard, Bouver, S Georgia, S Shetland Isis). STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. COMMENTS: Reviewed by King (1959a, b). Peters' (1875) original description, based on two specimens, was considered by Allen (1880) as invalid (nomen nudum). A year later Peters (1876) learned the second specimen came from St. Paul or Amsterdam Island and gave it the name Otaria (Arctophoca) elegans. Allen (1892) and King (1959b) considered these as subspecific populations. Placed in Arctocephalus by Repenning et al. (1971). Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on pages 326-327, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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