Arctocephalus pusillus

Arctocephalus pusillus (Schreber, 1775). Die Säugethiere, 2(13):pl. 85 (1775]; text, 3(17):314 [1776]. TYPE LOCALITY: Unknown. "Diese Gattung findet sich in den levantischen, und nach dem Herrn Grafen von Büffon, im indischen Meere"; discussion of type locality in Allen (1880). DISTRIBUTIO...

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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 pusillus
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7288630
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7288630
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Summary:Arctocephalus pusillus (Schreber, 1775). Die Säugethiere, 2(13):pl. 85 (1775]; text, 3(17):314 [1776]. TYPE LOCALITY: Unknown. "Diese Gattung findet sich in den levantischen, und nach dem Herrn Grafen von Büffon, im indischen Meere"; discussion of type locality in Allen (1880). DISTRIBUTION: SW Africa from Angola to Algoa Bay; SE Australia; Tasmania. STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. SYNONYMS: antarctica Thunberg, 1811; compressa Gray, 1874; delalandii Gray, 1859; doriferus Wood Jones, 1925; nivosus Gray, 1868; parva Boddaert, 1785; peronii Desmarest, 1820; schisthyperoes Turner, 1868; tasmanicus Scott and Lord, 1926. COMMENTS: Repenning et al. (1971) and J. E. King (1983) included doriferus Wood-Jones, 1925; however, Scheffer (1958) considered it a distinct species. 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 page 327, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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