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OTARIIDS

Specialty Definition: Eared seal

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Eared seals
Australian Sea Lion
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Suborder: Pinnipedia Family: Otariidae
Genera
Arctocephalus  Callorhinus  Eumetopias  Neophoca  Otaria  Phocarctos''  Zalophus

The eared seals, family Otariidae, are the fur seals and the sea lions. These are marine mammals, adapted to a semi-aquatic lifestyle. They feed and travel in the water but breed and largely rest on land (or, in some cases, on ice). They are slightly less adapted to the aquatic lifestyle than are the true seals.

• 'SUBORDER PINNIPEDIA
• Family Otariidae
  • Subfamily Arctocephalinae: fur seals
    • Northern Fur Seal, Callorhinus ursinus
    • Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella
    • Guadalupe Fur Seal, Arctocephalus townsendi
    • Juan Fernandez Fur Seal, Arctocephalus philippii
    • Galapagos Fur Seal, Arctocephalus galapagoensis
    • Cape Fur Seal or Australian Fur Seal, Arctocephalus pusillus
    • New Zealand Fur Seal or Southern Fur Seal, Arctocephalus forsteri
    • Subantarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis
  • '''Subfamily Otariinae: sea lions
    • Steller Sea Lion, Eumetopias jubatus
    • California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus
    • South American Sea Lion, Otaria flavescens
    • Australian Sea Lion, Neophoca cinerea
    • New Zealand Sea Lion, Phocarctos hookeri
• Family Phocidae: true seals
• Family Odobenidae: Walrus

  Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Eared seal."

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