Pinniped taxonomy: review of currently recognized species and subspecies, and evidence used for their description

A. Berta, and M. Churchill

2012

Article

Mammal Review 42(3):207-234

Find it at:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00193.x

Taxa discussed in this work:

• Arctocephalus tasmanica
• Halarctos

Taxonomy:

• Arctocephalus tasmanica belongs to Arctocephalus - Scott and Lord (1926)
• Halarctos belongs to Arctocephalus - Berta and Churchill (2012)
• Arctocephalus pusillus belongs to Arctocephalus - Berta and Churchill (2012)
• Arctocephalus antarcticus belongs to Arctocephalus pusillus - Berta and Churchill (2012)
• Arctophoca belongs to Otariidae - Berta and Churchill (2012)
• Euotaria belongs to Arctophoca - Berta and Churchill (2012)
• Gypsophoca belongs to Arctophoca - Berta and Churchill (2012)