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SPECIES Callorhinus ursinus
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 37. | Common Name: | Northern Fur Seal | Type Locality: | "in Camschatcæ maritimus inter Asiam and Americam proximam, primario in infula Beringri," restricted by Thomas (1911a) to "Bering Island." | Distribution: | North Pacific coastal regions in Canada, China (vagrant to Shandong), Japan, Mexico (costs of Baja California), Russia (Okhotsk and Bering Seas, Commander and Pribilof Isls), USA (Alaska, Washington, Oregon, S California). | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Subspecies not recognized, following Taylor et al. (1955) and Rice (1998). |
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alascanus (Jordan and Clark, 1898) californianus (Gray, 1866) curilensis (Jordan and Clark, 1899) cynocephala (Walbaum, 1792) krachenninikowii (Lesson, 1828) mimica (Tilesius, 1835) nigra (Pallas, 1811)
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