Otaria flavescens (Shaw 1800)

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 : 593

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scientific name	Otaria flavescens (Shaw 1800)
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[Phoca] flavescens Shaw 1800 , Gener. Zool., 1 (2a parte): 260.

Type Locality: "Strait of Magellan".

Vernacular Names: South American Sealion.

Synonyms: Otaria aurita (Bechstein 1800) ; Otaria byronia (de Blainville 1820) ; Otaria chilensis Muller 1841 ; Otaria chonotica Philippi 1892 ; Otaria fulva Philippi 1892 ; Otaria godeffroyi Peters 1866 ; Otaria hookeri Schlater 1866 ; Otaria leoninus (F. G. Cuvier 1827) ; Otaria minor Gray 1874 ; Otaria molossina Lesson and Garnot 1826 ; Otaria molossinus (Lesson 1827) ; Otaria pernettyi Lesson 1828 ; Otaria pygmaea Gray 1874 ; Otaria rufa Philippi 1892 ; Otaria ulloae Tschudi 1844 ; Otaria uraniae (Lesson 1827) ; Otaria velutina Philippi 1892 .

Distribution: South American coasts of Argentina, Brazil (south from Recife dos Tôrres), Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Falkland Isls. Vagrant populations occasionally in Columbia, Ecuador (Galapagos Isls), Panama.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: There is some controversy regarding the validity of O. byronia (de Blainville, 1920) or O. flavescens ( Shaw, 1800) ( King, 1978) . Rodriguez and Bastida (1993) reviewed the information and concluded that flavescens was a valid name with priority. Also see Oliva (1988) who argued for O. byronia . Synonyms allocated according to Cabrera (1957).