Biology:Neophoca
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Short description: Genus of carnivores
Neophoca | |
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N. cinerea, adult and pup | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Clade: | Pinnipedia |
Family: | Otariidae |
Subfamily: | Otariinae |
Genus: | Neophoca Gray 1866 |
Type species | |
Arctocephalus lobatus Gray 1828
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Neophoca is a genus of the family Otariidae (sea lions and fur seals) of order Carnivora. It is combined by some taxonomists with the genus Phocarctos, the (extant) New Zealand sea lion.[1] Only one species survives:
- N. cinerea: Australian sea lion. Most subpopulations are small and genetically isolated.[2]
Extinct species:
- N. palatina, known from a skull found in New Zealand
References
- ↑ Don E. Wilson; DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005), Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.), Johns Hopkins University Press, http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=14001012
- ↑ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14549/45228341. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
Wikidata ☰ Q19715939 entry
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