Neophoca

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Neophoca
Sea lion and pup in Seal Bay - Kangaroo Island.jpg
N. cinerea, adult and pup
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Clade: Pinnipedia
Family: Otariidae
Subfamily: Otariinae
Genus: Neophoca
Gray 1866
Type species
Arctocephalus lobatus
Gray 1828

Neophoca is a genus of the family Otariidae (sea lions and fur seals) of order Carnivora. It is combined by some taxonomists with the genus Phocarctos , the (extant) New Zealand sea lion. [1] Only one species survives:

Extinct species:

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References

  1. Don E. Wilson; DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005), Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.), Johns Hopkins University Press
  2. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . Retrieved 2018-10-28.