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SPECIES Zalophus japonicus

Author:Peters, 1866.
Citation:Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., 1866: 668.
Common Name:Japanese Sealion
Type Locality:‘Japan’.
Distribution:Sea of Japan. Historical range included Japan, Russia (Kamchatka, Sakhalin), South Korea (E coast).
Status:IUCN – Extinct.
Comments:Probably extinct (Rice, 1998).
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    lobatus Jentink, 1892

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