Neophoca

Neophoca
N. cinerea, adult and pup
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Parvorder: Pinnipedia
Family: Otariidae
Subfamily: Otariinae
Genus: Neophoca
Gray 1866
Type species
Arctocephalus lobatus
Gray 1828
Species

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]

References

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  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