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SPECIES Otaria flavescens
Author: | Shaw, 1800. | Citation: | Gener. Zool., 1(2a parte): 260. | Common Name: | South American Sealion | Type Locality: | "Strait of Magellan". | Distribution: | South American coasts of Argentina, Brazil (south from Recife dos Tôrres), Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Falkland Isls. Vagrant populations occasionally in Columbia, Ecuador (Galapagos Isls), Panama. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | There is some controversy regarding the validity of O. byronia (de Blainville, 1920) or O. flavescens (Shaw, 1800) (King, 1978). Rodriguez and Bastida (1993) reviewed the information and concluded that flavescens was a valid name with priority. Also see Oliva (1988) who argued for O. byronia. Synonyms allocated according to Cabrera (1957). |
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aurita (Bechstein, 1800) byronia (de Blainville, 1820) chilensis Muller, 1841 chonotica Philippi, 1892 fulva Philippi, 1892 godeffroyi Peters, 1866 hookeri Schlater, 1866 leoninus (F. G. Cuvier, 1827) minor Gray, 1874 molossina Lesson and Garnot, 1826 molossinus (Lesson, 1827) pernettyi Lesson, 1828 pygmaea Gray, 1874 rufa Philippi, 1892 ulloae Tschudi, 1844 uraniae (Lesson, 1827) velutina Philippi, 1892
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