1961), these names are nomina oblita, and 

 cannot replace the names here employed, 

 which have been in universal use for over 

 50 years: 



Stenorhinchus E. Geoffroy St. -Hilaire and 



F, Cuvier, 1826 (= Hydrurga Gistel, 1848) 

 Susu Lesson, 1828 (=Platanista Wagler, 



1830) 

 Nodus Wagler, 1830 (= Mesoplodon Gervias, 



1850) 

 Tursiops nesarnack Lacepede, 1804 



(=T. truncatus Montagu, 1821) 

 Hyper oodontidae Gray 1846 (= Ziphiidae 



Gray, 1865) 



Synonyms comnnonly used in recent litera- 

 ture are listed on page 11; see Scheffer (1958) 

 for synonymy of pinnipeds and Hershkovitz 

 (1966) for synonymy of cetaceans. 



Vernacular names are included for most 

 species. Many small cetaceans lack distinc- 

 tive vernacular names, and some names listed 

 here are "book" names. For some we have 

 found no recorded vernacular nannes. 



Place names are spelled in accordance 

 with recommendations of the Army Map 

 Service, Geographic Names Division. Where 

 this agency offers a choice, we have chosen 

 the conventional name. 



Order CARNIVORA 



Family MUSTELIDAE 



Genus ENHYDRA Fleming, 1822 



Enhydra lutris Linnaeus, 1758 (sea otter). 

 Formerly ranged from Morro Hermoso, 

 Baja California, north along the coast 

 to Prince William Sound and the south 

 shore of the Alaska Peninsula, throughout 

 the Aleutian, Pribilof, and Commander 

 Islands, along the southeast coast of 

 Kamchatka, and through the Kuril Islands 

 to northern Hokkaido. Now breeds mainly 

 in central California, Prince William 

 Sound, the Shumagin Islands, the south 

 side of the Alaska Peninsula, and in the 

 Aleutian, Comnnander, and Kuril Islands. 

 No subspecies are recognizable (Scheffer 

 and Wilke, 1950). The Alaska Department 

 of Fish and Game transplanted 53 sea 

 otters from Prince Williann Sound to 

 Chichagof Island in 1965-66. A monograph 

 on the sea otter is in press (Kenyon). 



Order PINNIPEDIA 



Family OTARIIDAE 



Genus OTARIA Peron, 1816 



Otaria flavescens Shaw, 1800 (South Ameri- 

 can sea lion). Coastal waters from Recife 

 das TSrres, Brazil, and Zorritos, Peru, 

 southward to Strait of Magellan and 

 Falkland Islands. In our 1963 list we 

 used the specific nanne byronia Blainville, 



1820. Philip Hershkovitz pointed out (in 

 litt. 1967) that "the type of flavescens 

 was a tangible specimen preserved in 

 the old Leverian museum. It was ade- 

 quately described and figured, is perfectly 

 identifiable and has a valid type locality. 

 Its name has priority, usage and cur- 

 rency." 



Genus PHOCARCTOS Gray, 1844 



Phocarctos hookeri Gray, 1844 (New Zea- 

 land sea lion; Auckland Islands sea lion). 

 Subantarctic islands south of New Zea- 

 land; breeds regularly only at Carnley 

 Harbor and Enderby Island in the Auck- 

 land Islands, rarely at Campbell Island. 

 Hauls out on Snares Islands, Macquarie 

 Island, and South Island, New Zealand. 

 For discussion of the relationships of 

 Phocarctos , Neophoca , and Zalophus see 

 King (1960) and Mitchell (1966a). 



Genus NEOPHOCA Gray, 1866 



Neophoca cinerea Peron, 1816 (Australian 

 sea lion; white-capped sea lion). Coastal 

 waters from Kangaroo Island, South 

 Australia, to Houtman Rocks, Western 

 Australia. 



Genus ZALOPHUS Gill, 1866 



Zalophus californianus Lesson, 1828 (Cali- 

 fornia sea lion; black sea lion). One 

 race (Z^, c_. californianus ) breeds from 

 San Miguel Island, Calif. (Peterson and 

 Bartholomew, 1967), south to Punta 

 Entrada, Baja California, and on islands 

 in the upper Gulf of California, ranging 

 at sea north to Vancouver Island, south 

 to Cabo San Lucas and Mazatlan. A 

 second race (Z. c. japonicus Peters, 

 1866) was known from the Sea of Japan 

 but was probably exterminated in the 

 1950's (International Union for Conserva- 

 tion of Nature and Natural Resources, 

 1966). A third race (Z. c^. woUebaeki 

 Sivertsen, 1953) breeds on the Galapagos 

 Islands. 



Genus EUMETOPIAS Gill, 1866 



Eumetopias jubatus Schreber, 1776 (north- 

 ern sea lion). Breeds along west coast 

 of North America from San Miguel Island, 

 Calif., northwest to Prince William Sound 

 and the Alaska Peninsula, throughout the 

 Aleutian and Pribilof Islands, along the 

 east coast of Kamchatka, throughout the 

 Kuril Islands, and on islands in the 

 Okhotsk Sea. Some move north into the 

 Bering Sea in summer, as far as St. 

 Lawrence Island. Sometimes hauls out on 

 ice. The spelling of jubatus follows a 

 rule in International Trust for Zoological 

 Nomenclature (1961, p. 31): "a noun of 

 variable gender ... is to be treated as 

 masculine . . . ." 



