Otaria flavescens

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

South American Sea Lion

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Shaw, G.K. 1800. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol. I. Part 2. Mammalia. G. Kearsley, London, 249–552 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632283

Original name as described

Phoca flavescens

Other common names

South American Sealion · Southern Sea Lion

Type material

MACN-Ma 23-26

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

"l'ile de Tinian," Northern Mariana Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Argentina · Brazil · Chile · Falkland Islands · Peru · Uruguay · Colombia · Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

the name byronia from 1820 is often used while considered flavescens a nomen nudum, however, the name flavescens was recently designated a neotype, revalidating the name which is used here

Taxonomy notes citation

Webber, M. S. 2014. Family Otariidae (eared seals). Pages 84—101 in D. E. Wilson and R. A. Mittermeier (eds). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. 4. Sea Mammals. Lynx Ediciones, Barcelona. · Lucero, S., Rodriguez, S. M., Teta, P., Cassini, G., & D'elia, G. (2019). Solving a long-standing nomenclatorial controversy: designation of a neotype for the southern sea lion Otaria flavescens (Shaw, 1800). Zootaxa, 4555(2), 296-300.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005906

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Otaria minor

J. E. Gray, 1874

Family

Otariidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1852.1.5.30

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3a2138e0-fef1-4e9c-a1c1-2b3cb28f5325 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a8315c3e-2651-4e37-823e-98e4f09a8193

Authority page

326

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24342714

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Otaria pygmaea

J. E. Gray, 1874

Family

Otariidae

Root name

pygmaea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1858.5.4.78

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/77f9dd83-d38c-4150-ab7a-00f72824b268 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8a7c3c7e-87b5-463f-bcef-7cb7e327e16d

Authority page

326

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24342714

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Phoca flavescens

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

flavescens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-Ma 23-26

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

260

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632283

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Illiger (1815:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Otaria ulloae

von Tschudi, 1845

Family

Otariidae

Root name

ulloae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNN 94.1513, MHNN 94.1514

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007920

Authority publication

St. Gallen

Name usages

Peters (1866:270, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39052830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67072)

Phoca byronia

(de Blainville, 1820)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

byronia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RCS 3966

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

287, 300

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6174263 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6174276

Authority publication

Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire naturelle et des Arts

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Otaria Godeffroyi

W. C. H. Peters, 1866

Family

Otariidae

Root name

godeffroyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

266

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39052812

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1866:266, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39052812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67072)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Otaria flavescens

A. G. Desmarest, 1817

Family

Otariidae

Root name

flavescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

601

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18044373

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1817:601, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18044373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60328)
  2. Lesson (1827:207, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005906) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Macrorhinus Byronii

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

byronii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207670

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:202, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Platyrhynchus flavescens

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

flavescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

85

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Platyrhynchus leoninus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

leoninus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

84

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Platyrhynchus molossinus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

molossinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

84

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Otaria Byronia

W. C. H. Peters, 1866

Family

Otariidae

Root name

byronia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

269

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39052829

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1866:269, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39052829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67072)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41665/61948292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phoca Leonina

(G. I. Molina, 1782)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

leonina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

282

Authority publication

Bologna

Phoca aurita

(Bechstein, 1799)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

aurita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

590

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57833455

Authority publication

Weimar

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Otaria leonina

Péron, 1816

Family

Otariidae

Root name

leonina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

40, 55

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1817:590, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18044362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60328)
  2. Peters (1866:264, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39052810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67072)

phoca Byronii

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

byronii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

240

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524004

Authority publication

Paris

Otaria guerin

Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

Family

Otariidae

Root name

guerin

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

71 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871062

Authority publication

Paris

Platyrhyncus leoninus

(F. Cuvier, 1826)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

leoninus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

555

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305788

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:203, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ontaria molossina

Lesson, 1826

Family

Otariidae

Root name

molossina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4422535

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Otaria molossina

Lesson, 1827

Family

Otariidae

Root name

molossina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38660576

Authority publication

Paris

Platyrhyncus molossinus

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

molossinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

203

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207671

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:203, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Platyrhyncus Uraniæ

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

uraniae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

204

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207672

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:204, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Otaria pernettyi

Lesson, 1828

Family

Otariidae

Root name

pernettyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

421

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24378054

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Otaria chilensis

J. Müller, 1841

Family

Otariidae

Root name

chilensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

333

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9707216

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Otaria Ulloae

von Tschudi, 1844

Family

Otariidae

Root name

ulloae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

250

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089025

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Otaria hookeri

P. L. Sclater, 1866

Family

Otariidae

Root name

hookeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627522

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Otaria jubata

J. A. Allen, 1880

Family

Otariidae

Root name

jubata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

208

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1565415

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Lahille (1899:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Otaria chonotica

R. A. Philippi, 1892

Family

Otariidae

Root name

chonotica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

49 (unnummbered supplement)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34836585

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Otaria fulva

R. A. Philippi, 1892

Family

Otariidae

Root name

fulva

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34836553

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Otaria rufa

R. A. Philippi, 1892

Family

Otariidae

Root name

rufa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34836564

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Otaria velutina

R. A. Philippi, 1892

Family

Otariidae

Root name

velutina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34836550

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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