According to the most recent edition of the International 

 Code (International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, 

 1961), these names are nomina oblita and cannot replace 

 names which have been in universal use for over 50 

 years. J 



SEA OTTER 



Order Camivora (carnivores) 

 Superfamily Canoidea (dogs, raccoons, bears, 

 weasels, and others) 

 Family Mustelidae (weasels and others) 

 Subfamily Lutrinae (otters) 

 Genus Enhydra Fleming, 1822 

 Enhydra lutris Linnaeus, 1758 (sea otter). 

 Shallow waters of the North Pacific Ocean 

 and Bering Sea. Main breeding groups are 

 along the shores of California, western 

 Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Commander 

 Islands, and Kurile Islands. 



PINNIPEDS 



Order Pinnipedia (pinnipeds; seals, sea lions, and 

 walrus) 

 Superfamily Otarioidea (walking seals) 

 Family Otariidae (otariids; "eared" seals) 

 Subfamily Otariinae (sea lions) 

 Genus Otaria Peron, 1816 

 Otaria byronia Blainville, 1820 (- 0. [laves 

 cens Shaw, 1800) (South American set 

 lion). Coastal waters from Brazil and Peru 

 southward to Strait of Magellan and Falk- 

 land Islands. 

 Genus Eumetopias Gill, 1866 

 Eumetopias jubata Schreber, 1776 (Steller 

 sea lion; northern sea lion). Breeding pop- 

 ulations from northeastern Bering Sea, 

 Aleutian Islands, and west coast of North 

 America, southward to southern California, 

 westward to Commander Islands, Kam- 

 chatka, and Japan. 

 Genus Zalophus Gill, 1866 

 Zalophus califomianus Lesson, 1828 (Cali- 

 fornia sea lion; black sea lion). The 

 breeding population of one race (Z- c. cal- 

 ifomianus) extends from central California 

 to Baja California. A second race (Z. c. jor 

 ponicus Peters, 1866) is known from the 

 Sea of Japan; and a third race (Z. c. uol- 

 lebaeki Sivertsen, 1953) from the Galap- 

 agos Islands. 



Genus Neophoca Gray, 1866 (Tasman sea 



lions) 

 Neophoca cinerea Peron, 1916 (Australian 

 sea lion; white-capped sea lion). Coastal 

 waters of South Australia. 

 Neophoca hookeri Gray, 1844 (New Zealand 

 sea lion), Subantarctic islands south of 

 New Zealand; breeds only on Auckland 

 Islands. 

 Subfamily Arctocephalinae (fur seals) 



Genus Arctocephalus E. Geoffroy Saint- 

 Hilaire and F. Cuvier, 1826 (southern fur 

 seals) 

 Arctocephalus australis Zimmermann, 1783 

 (South American fur seal). Members of one 

 race (A. a. australis) breed among the 

 Falkland Islands; a second tace (A. a. gra- 

 cilis Nehring, 1887) along the coast from 

 Brazil and Peru to Strait of Magellan; and 

 a third race (A. a. galapagoensis Heller, 

 1904) among the Galapagos Islands. 

 Arctocephalus doriferus Wood Jones, 1925 

 (Australian fur seal). There are two breed- 

 ing groups; one along coast of southern 

 Australia and Tasmania, and one along 

 southwestern Australia. 

 Arctocephalus forsteri Lesson, 1828 (New 

 Zealand fur seal). Southern New Zealand 

 and nearby subantarctic islands. 

 Arctocephalus philippii Peters, 1866 (Phil- 

 ippi fur seal; Guadalupe fur seal). One 

 race (A. p. philippii), perhaps now extinct, 

 is known from Islas Juan Fernandez, west 

 of Peru; and another race (A. p. townsen li 

 Merriam, 1897) now known only from Isla 

 de Guadalupe, formerly occurred from 

 Farallon Islands, California, south lo 

 Socorro Island, Mexico. 

 Arctocephalus pusillus Schreber, 1776 

 (South African fur seal). Temperate coastal 

 waters of southern and southwestern Africa. 

 Arctocephalus tropicalis Gray, 1872 (Ker- 

 guelen fur seal). Subantarctic islands of 

 Atlantic Ocean and Indian Qcean. Members 

 of one tace (A. t. tropicalis) breed north of 

 the antarctic convergence and members of 

 another {A. t. gazella Peters, 1875) south 

 of it. 



Genus Callorhinus Linnaeus, 1758 

 Callorhinus ursinus Linnaeus, 1758 (north- 

 ern fur seal). Members of two groups breed 

 in Bering Sea on the Pribilof and Com- 

 mander Islands; while members of two 



