Arctocephalus townsendi (NOAA - NMFS)
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Ferae
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Infraordo: Arctoidea
Cladus: Pan-Pinnipedia
Cladus: Pinnipedimorpha
Cladus: Pinnipediformes
Parvordo: Pinnipedia
Superfamilia: Otarioidea
Familia: Otariidae
Genus: Arctocephalus
Species: Arctocephalus townsendi
Name
Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897
Type locality: "Guadalupe Island, off Lower California. . . collected on the beach on west side of Guadalupe." [Mexico]
Synonyms
Arctophoca townsendi (Merriam, 1897)
Arctophoca townsendi Sivertsen, 1954
Arctocephalus philippii King, 1954
References
Merriam, C. H. 1897. A new fur-seal or sea-bear (Arctocephalus townsendi) from Guadalupe Island, off Lower California. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 11: 175.
King, J. E. 1954. The otariid seals of the Pacific Coast of America. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History Zoology, 2: 326.
Sivertsen, E. 1954. A survey of the eared seals (family Otariidae) with remarks on the Antarctic seals collected by M/K Norvegia in 1928–1929. Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi i Oslo. Scientific results of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition 1927–1928, 36: 42.
Belcher, R. L., and T. E. Lee, Jr, 2002. Arctocephalus townsendi, Mammalian Species, 700: 1–5.
Links
Arctocephalus townsendi in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897 (Near Threatened)
Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Arctocephalus townsendi
Vernacular names
English: Guadalupe Fur Seal, Lower Californian Fur Seal
español: Lobo Marino de Guadalupe
polski: Kotik meksykański
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