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SPECIES Arctocephalus australis
Author: | Zimmermann, 1783. | Citation: | Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 3: 276. | Common Name: | South American Fur Seal | Type Locality: | Zimmermann (1783) based the name on the "Falkland Isle Seal" of Pennant (1781), and added that it "Wohnt um Juan Fernandez, und über haupt in dortigen Meeren." [Falkland Isls, UK]. | Distribution: | South America coasts of Argentina, Brazil (from Recife dos Tôrres south), Chile, Falkland Isls, Peru (from Isla Lobos de Tierra south), Uruguay. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Scheffer (1958) included galapagoensis Heller, 1904, but this was not followed by Repenning et al. (1971) or King (1983). Synonyms allocated according to Cabrera (1957) and Rice (1998). |
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argentata (Philippi, 1871) australis (J. A. Allen, 1880) brachydactyla (Philippi, 1892) falclandica (J. B. Fischer, 1829) falklandica (Shaw, 1800) gracilis Nehring, 1887 grayii Scott, 1873 hauvillii (Lesson, 1827) laitirostros J. E. Gray, 1874 latirostris (J. E. Gray, 1872) leucostoma (Philippi, 1892) lupina (Molina, 1782) nigrescens (J. E. Gray, 1850) shawii (Lesson, 1828) ursinus J. E. Gray, 1843
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