Eumetopias jubatus (Schreber 1776)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 592

Eumetopias jubatus (Schreber 1776)

[Phoca] jubata Schreber 1776 , Die Saugethiere, Vol. 3, 17: 300 (text) [1776]; see also 3 (17): pl. 83. B [1776].

Type Locality: "...Aufenthalt in dem nördlichen Theil des stillen Meeres...westlichen Küste von Amerika... östlichen von Kamtschatka ...Inseln...Küsten unter dem 56ten Grade der Breite liegen." [N part of the Pacific. Russia, Commander and Bering Isls].

Vernacular Names: Steller Sea Lion.

Synonyms: Eumetopias jubata Forster 1775 ; Eumetopias leonina ( Pallas 1811) ; Eumetopias monteriensis (Gray 1859) ; Eumetopias stellerii (Lesson 1828) .

Distribution: Northern Pacific coastal regions of Canada, China (vagrant populations to Jiangsu), Japan (from Hokkaido N), Russia, USA (Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California).

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Threatened, except population segment west of 144° W. Long, which is Endangered; IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: The type of O. californiana Lesson, 1828 , was shown by Allen (1880) to actually be Zalophus . A. monteriensis Gray, 1859 , is based on P. jubata Schreber, 1776 . Scheffer (1958) pointed out that jubata Forster, 1775 , is invalid. Reviewed by Loughlin et al. (1987). Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), Hall (1981), and Loughlin et al. (1987).