Phocarctos hookeri
(J. E. Gray, 1844)
New Zealand Sea Lion
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Carnivora |
| Suborder | : Caniformia |
| Infraorder | : Arctoidea |
| Superfamily | : Phocoidea |
| Family | : Otariidae |
| Genus | : Phocarctos |
Species status
Authority citation
Gray, J.E. 1844-06-01. The seals of the Southern Hemisphere. Pp. 1–4 in Richardson, J. and Gray, J.E. 1844-1875. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. I. Mammalia, Birds. E. W. Janson, London, not continuously paginated pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957431Original name as described
Arctocephalus Hookeri
Other common names
Hooker's Sea Lion · Hooker's Sealion · New Zealand Sealion
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1843.11.25.2
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/34398663-6ae3-4e0b-aa1f-ccb178522115 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/34a9945f-6c6f-4790-818d-83ed159e038bType locality
"Inhab. Falkland Islands and Cape Horn." Corrected by J. W. Clark 1873 to "Auckland Islands…between 800 and 900 miles S. of Tasmania, in lat. 50°48'S, long. 166°42'E," New Zealand.
Biogeographic realm
Marine
Country distribution
Australia · New Zealand
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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