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--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER CANIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Otariidae
--> GENUS Arctocephalus
SPECIES Arctocephalus townsendi
| Author: | Merriam, 1897. | | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 11: 175. | | Common Name: | Guadalupe Fur Seal | | Type Locality: | "Guadalupe Island, off Lower California. . . collected on the beach on west side of Guadalupe." [Mexico] | | Distribution: | Mexico (Guadalupe Isl), USA (Channel Isls). | | Status: | CITES � Appendix I; U.S. ESA � Threatened; IUCN � Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Reviewed by Belcher and Lee (2002). Formerly included in Arctophoca; see Repenning et al. (1971). Considered conspecific with philippii by Scheffer (1958). |
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