Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 244-289 : 284

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scientific name	Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897
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Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897 View in CoL . Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 11: 178.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Guadalupe Isl., Fondeadero del Oeste (West Anchorage) .

DISTRIBUTION: Guadalupe Isl. ( Mexico); Channel Isis. (California, U. S. A.).

COMMENT: Formerly included in Arctophoca ; see Repenning et al., 1971, Antarct. Res. Ser., 18:1 -34. Considered conspecific with philippii by Scheffer, 1958, Seals, sealions, and walruses, Stanford Univ. Press, 179 pp.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301413001001007001.