Phocarctos hookeri (Gray, 1844) . Zool. Voy. H.M.S. "Erebus" and "Terror," 1:4.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Falkland Islands and Cape Horn." Locality in error; fixed by Clark (1873) as " Auckland Islands... between 800 and 900 miles S. of Tasmania, in lat. 50°48'S., long. 166°42'E." [New Zealand]

DISTRIBUTION: Subantarctic islands of New Zealand.