Arctocephalus australis australis (Falkland Fur Seal)

Common Names

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Common Names in Danish:

Sydamerikansk Søbjørn

Common Names in Dutch:

Zuid-Amerikaanse Zeebeer, Zuidelijke Pelsrob

Common Names in English:

Falkland Fur Seal, South American Fur Seal

Common Names in French:

Otarie Australe, Otarie à Fourrure Des Falklands

Common Names in German:

Südamerikanischer Seebär

Common Names in Italian:

Otaria Da Pelliccia Sudamericana

Common Names in Portuguese:

Leão Marinho De Dois Pêlos, Otária De Dois Pêlos

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - 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 - Mammals
        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, 1975:41
        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, 1866:7, 10
        Subfamily: Arctocephalinae ()
        Genus: Arctocephalus () - É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier in F. Cuvier, 1826
        Specific name: australis
        Subspecies: australis
        Scientific name: - Arctocephalus australis australis

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Arctocephalus

There are approximately 16 species in this genus:

A. australis (South American Fur Seal) · A. australis australis (Falkland Fur Seal) · A. australis gracilis (South American Fur Seal) · A. californianus · A. delalandi · A. forsteri (Antipodean Fur Seal) · A. galapagoensis (Galapagos Fur Seal) · A. gazella (Antarctic Fur Seal) · A. hookeri · A. philippii · A. pusillus (Afro-Australian Fur Seal) · A. pusillus doriferus (Afro-Australian Fur Seal) · A. pusillus pusillus (Brown Fur Seal) · A. townsendi (Guadalupe Fur Seal) · A. tropicalis (Amsterdam Fur Seal) · A. tropicalis gazella

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Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 22, 2008.
Seal Specialist Group 1996. Arctocephalus australis ssp. australis. 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: 2478354
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-622039
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13909463
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 622039
IUCN ID: 2064
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 500226