PINNIPEDIA: OTARIIDAE 783 



Type Locality. — North Pacific Ocean south of Alaska Peninsula at approxi- 

 mately lat. 53° N., long. 155° W. (see Stejneger, op. cit., pi. 12 facing p. 278). 

 Range. — In annual migrations from St. Matthew (Hanna, Journ. Maram., vol. 1, 

 No. 3 (May), p. 121, June 19, 1920) and Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea, southeast- 

 ward along the coast of Alaska, British Columbia, and the United States to 

 latitude of Point Mugu, Ventura County, Calif. (Lyon, Journ. Mamm., vol. 16, 

 No. 2, p. 151, May 15, 1935) ; casually to Point Barrow, Alaska (Stone, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 52, p. 43, Mar. 24, 1900). 



Genus ARCTOCEPHALUS £. Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire and F. Cuvier 

 (southern fur seals) 

 1826. Arctocephalus E\ Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire and F. Cuvier, Dictionnaire des 

 sciences naturelles, vol. 39, p. 554. (Type, Arctocephalus ursinus E\ Geof- 

 froy-Saint-Hilaire and F. Cuvier — Phoca antarctica Thunberg.) 



Arctocephalus townsendi Merriamf * 



1897. Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 11, 

 p. 178, July 1, 1897. 



Type Locality. — Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico. Range. — North 

 Pacific Ocean from Guadalupe and San Benita Islands, approximately 135 miles 

 southwest of Point San Antonio, northern Baja California, north formerly at 

 least to Point Mugu, Ventura County, Calif. (Lyon, Journ. Mamm., vol. 16, 

 No. 2, p. 151, May 15, 1935). 



Subfamily otariinae 



Genus EUMETOPIAS Gill 



1866. Eumetopias Gill, Comm. Essex Inst., vol. 5, No. 1, p. 7, Apr. 7, 1866. 

 (Type, Arctocephalus monteriensis Gray.=Phoca jubata Schreber.) 



Eumetopias jubata (Schreber) * (northern sea lion) 



1776. Phoca jubata Schreber, Die Saugthiere . . . , Theil 3, Heft, 17, pi. 83b 



and p. 300 (vernacular name only, and description). 

 1884. Eumetopias stelleri True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (App., Circ. 29), 



p. 607, Nov. 29, 1884. 

 1902. Eumetopias jubata J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 16, 



p. 113, Mar. 15, 1902. 

 Type Locality. — North Pacific Ocean. Range. — From Bering Strait. Bering, 

 Commander and Pribilof Islands, south along Pacific coast of North America 

 to San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands off southern California (Grinnell, Univ. 

 California Publ. Zool., vol. 40, No. 2, p. 117, Sept. 26, 1933). 



Genus ZALOPHUS Gill 

 1866. Zalophus Gill, Comm. Essex Inst., vol. 5, No. 1, p. 7, Apr. 7, 1866. 

 (Type, Otaria gillespii McBain = Ot aria calif orniana Lesson.) 



Zalophus californianus (Lesson) * (California sea lion) 



1828. Otaria calif orniana Lesson, in Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle 



. . . , vol. 13, p. 420. 

 1880. Zalophus californianus J. A. Allen, History of North American pinnipeds 

 . . . (U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr. Misc. Publ. 12), p. 276. 



