Otariidae Gray 1825

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Otariidae Gray 1825

Otariidae Gray 1825 , Ann. Philos., n. s., 10: 340.

Synonyms: Arctocephalina Gray 1837 ; Callorhinae Muizon 1978 ; Callorhinina Gray 1869 ; Eumetopiina Gray 1869 ; Gypsophocina Gray 1874 ; Otariadae Brookes 1828 ; Otariarina J. E. Gray 1843 ; Otarioidea Smirnov 1908 ; Ouliphocacae J. A. Allen 1880 ; Ouliphocinae J. A. Allen 1870 ; Trichiphocinae J. A. Allen 1870 ; Trichophocacae J. A. Allen 1880 ; Zalophina Gray 1869 .

Genera: 7 genera with 16 species:

Genus Arctocephalus E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. Cuvier 1826 (8 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Callorhinus J. E. Gray 1859 (1 species)

Genus Eumetopias Gill 1866 (1 species)

Genus Neophoca Gray 1866 (1 species)

Genus Otaria Péron 1816 (1 species)

Genus Phocarctos Peters 1866 (1 species)

Genus Zalophus Gill 1866 (3 species)

Discussion: Reviewed by Allen (1880, 1892), Repenning et al. (1971), Mitchell and Tedford (1973), King (1983), Berta and Deméré (1986), Barnes (1989) and Wynen et al. (2001). Does not include Odobenus , which was included in a monotypic subfamily ( Odobeninae within Otariidae ) by Mitchell and Tedford (1973), Tedford (1976), Hall (1981), Barnes (1989), and Wozencraft (1989 a, b); however, see Wyss (1987) and Berta (1991). Berta and Deméré (1986) separated Arctocephalus and Callorhinus into the Arctocephalinae. Repenning et al. (1971), Repenning and Tedford (1977), and Wynen et al. (2001) argued against the recognition of subfamilies. Distributional information for species based on Rice (1998).