Arctocephalus gazella

(W. C. H. Peters, 1875)

Antarctic Fur Seal

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Phocoidea
Family : Otariidae
Genus : Arctocephalus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1875. Über eine neue Art von Seebären, _Arctophoca gazella_, von der Kerguelen-Inseln. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1875:393-399.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36128116

Original name as described

Arctophoca gazella

Other common names

Kerguelen Fur Seal

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"von Seehunden aus Kerguelenland." Restricted by V. B. Scheffer in 1958 to "Anse Betsy (49° 09' S, 70° 11' E)" (= south-east of Africa, halfway to Antarctica).

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Antarctica · Australia · French Southern and Antarctic Lands · South Africa · Prince Edward Islands · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · Argentina · Brazil · Chile · Saint Helena

Taxonomy notes

has been moved to Arctophoca by a number of molecular studies using mtDNA, which found that Arctocephalus pusillus was not related to other members of the genus, but the paraphyly presented in earlier studies is likely a result of mitonuclear discordance and the genus Arctocephalus is now retained following recent studies using nuclear and mitochondrial markers

Taxonomy notes citation

Berta, A., & Churchill, M. (2012). Pinniped taxonomy: review of currently recognized species and subspecies, and evidence used for their description. Mammal Review, 42(3), 207-234. · Lopes, F., Oliveira, L. R., Kessler, A., Beux, Y., Crespo, E., Cárdenas-Alayza, S., ... & Bonatto, S. L. (2021). Phylogenomic Discordance in the Eared Seals is best explained by Incomplete Lineage Sorting following Explosive Radiation in the Southern Hemisphere. Systematic Biology, 70(4), 786-802.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005899

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Arctophoca gazella

(W. C. H. Peters, 1875)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

gazella

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

396

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36128116

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Arctocephalus gazella

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Otariidae

Root name

gazella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

106

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2058/66993062) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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