Arctocephalus galapagoensis Heller, 1904

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 326

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scientific name	Arctocephalus galapagoensis Heller, 1904
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Arctocephalus galapagoensis Heller, 1904 View in CoL . Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 3(7):245.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Wenman Island" [ Ecuador, Galapagos Isis] .

DISTRIBUTION: Specimens recorded only from Galapagos Isis [ Ecuador].

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

COMMENTS: Repenning et al. (1971) supported recognition at the specific level, followed by J. E. King (1983); however, Scheffer (1958) considered galapagoensis conspecific with australis , which would be the most closely related taxon. Reviewed by Clark (1975, Mammalian Species, 64).