Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Sydafrikansk Søbjørn
Common Names in Dutch:
Dwergzeebeer, Zuidafrikaanse Zeeleeuw
Common Names in English:
Brown Fur Seal, Cape Fur Seal, Giant Fur Seal, South African Fur Seal, Tasmanian Fur Seal
Common Names in French:
Otarie à Fourrure Du Cap, Otarie D'afrique Du Sud
Common Names in German:
Südafrikanischer Seebär
Common Names in Italian:
Otaria Da Pelliccia Sudafricana
Common Names in Portuguese:
Leão-Marinho Do Cabo, Otária Do Cabo
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ferae
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Carnivora
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Suborder:
Caniformia
()
- Kretzoi, 1943
- Infraorder:
Arctoidea
()
- Flower, 1869
- Parvorder:
Ursida
()
- Tedford, 1976
- Superfamily:
Phocoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Smirnov, 1908
- Family:
Otariidae
()
- (Gray, 1825) Gill, 1866
- Subfamily:
Arctocephalinae
()
- Genus:
Arctocephalus
()
- E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. Cuvier, 1826
- Specific name:
pusillus
- Subspecies:
pusillus
- Scientific name: - Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus
- Subspecies:
pusillus
- Specific name:
pusillus
- Genus:
Arctocephalus
(
- Subfamily:
Arctocephalinae
(
- Family:
Otariidae
(
- Superfamily:
Phocoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Ursida
(
- Infraorder:
Arctoidea
(
- Suborder:
Caniformia
(
- Order:
Carnivora
(
- Grandorder:
Ferae
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Arctocephalus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. australis (South American Fur Seal) · A. australis australis (Falkland Fur Seal) · A. australis gracilis (South American Fur Seal) · A. forsteri (South Australian Fur Seal) · A. galapagoensis (Gal?pagos Fur Seal) · A. gazella (Kerguelen Fur Seal) · A. philippii (Juan Fern?ndez Fur Seal) · A. pusillus (Afro-Australian Fur Seal) · A. pusillus doriferus (Afro-Australian Fur Seal) · A. pusillus pusillus (Brown Fur Seal) · A. townsendi (Lower Californian Fur Seal) · A. tropicalis (Amsterdam Island Fur Seal)
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Further Reading
- Checklist of mammals listed in the CITES appendices JNCC url p. 92.
- World Checklist of Threatened Mammals JNCC url p. 118.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- Seal Specialist Group 1996. Arctocephalus pusillus ssp. pusillus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
- Seal Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2478359
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-622041
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13909462
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 622041
- IUCN ID: 2066
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 500228
