Neophoca

Neophoca
N. cinerea, adult and pup
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Clade:Pinnipedia
Family:Otariidae
Subfamily:Otariinae
Genus:Neophoca
Gray 1866
Type species
Arctocephalus lobatus
Gray 1828

Neophoca is a genus of the family Otariidae (sea lions and fur seals) of order Carnivora. It is combined by some taxonomists with the genus Phocarctos, the (extant) New Zealand sea lion.[1] Only one species survives:

  • N. cinerea: Australian sea lion. Most subpopulations are small and genetically isolated.[2]

Extinct species:

References

  1. ↑ Don E. Wilson and DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors), eds. (2005), Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press
  2. ↑ 2015 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Accessed 4 January 2016.


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