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Zalophus Gill 1866

Description

Zalophus Gill, 1866. Proc. Essex Inst. Salem, 5:7.

TYPE SPECIES: " Otaria Gilliespii Macbain ", 1858 (= Otaria californiana Lesson, 1828).

COMMENTS: Included in Arctocephalus by Van Gelder (1977b). Mohr (1952) reported successful matings between Arctocephalus pusillus and Z. californianus.

Notes

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 329, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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Biodiversity

Family
Otariidae
Genus
Zalophus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Gill
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Zalophus Gill, 1866 sec. Wozencraft, 1993

References

  • Van Gelder, R. G. 1977 b. Mammalian hybrids and generic limits. American Museum Novitates, 2635: 1 - 25.
  • Mohr, E. 1952. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Mahnenrobben. Zoologische Garten, 19: 98 - 112.