Zalophus japonicus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1866)

Japanese Sea Lion

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Parvorder : Pinnipedia
Family : Otariidae
Genus : Zalophus

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1866. Hr. W. Peters gab einen Nachtrag zu seiner Abhandlung über die Ohrenrobben, Otariae. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866:665-672.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39053240

Original name as described

Otaria japonica

Type material

RMNH.MAM.13447

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13447

Type locality

Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Japan · North Korea · South Korea · Russia

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005909

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 6 names and synonyms.

Otaria stelleri

(Temminck, 1844)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

stelleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Otaria japonica

(W. C. H. Peters, 1866)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

japonicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.13447

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13447

Authority page

668

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39053240

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Eumetopias elongatus

(J. E. Gray, 1874)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

elongatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1873.11.5.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6b0bc1d2-e3ff-4a0e-a11d-a5b8174d676c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b4948c52-aa5d-44ab-8b1a-11783f5cdaad

Authority page

776

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28505089

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Zalophus lobatus

Jentink, 1892

Family

Otariidae

Root name

lobatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34999639

Authority publication

Muséum d'histoire naturelle des Pays-Bas

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Eumetopias (?) kishidai

(T. Shikama, 1953)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

kishidai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Scientific Reports of Yokohama National University

Zalophus japonicus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Otariidae

Root name

japonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000494) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000494) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005909) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41667/113089431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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