Otaria flavescens

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

South American Sea Lion

Oblique view from rear, male out of water. Formerly Otaria byronia. Also as South American Sealion|Southern Sea Lion.
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Location:USA, SC, Richland Co., Columbia, Riverbanks Zoo and GardenDate taken:Jan 1, 1979

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 447

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Shaw, G.K. 1800. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol. I. Part 2. Mammalia. G. Kearsley, London, 249–552 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632283

Original name as described

Phoca flavescens

Other common names

South American Sealion · Southern Sea Lion

Type material

MACN-Ma 23-26

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

"l'ile de Tinian, " Northern Mariana Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Argentina · Brazil · Chile · Falkland Islands · Peru · Uruguay · Colombia · Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

the name byronia from 1820 is often used while considered flavescens a nomen nudum, however, the name flavescens was recently designated a neotype, revalidating the name which is used here

Taxonomy notes citation

Webber, M. S. 2014. Family Otariidae (eared seals). Pages 84—101 in D. E. Wilson and R. A. Mittermeier (eds). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. 4. Sea Mammals. Lynx Ediciones, Barcelona. · Lucero, S., Rodríguez, S.M., Teta, P., Cassini, G. and D'Elía, G. 2019. Solving a long-standing nomenclatorial controversy: designation of a neotype for the southern sea lion Otaria flavescens (Shaw, 1800). Zootaxa 4555(2):296-300. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4555.2.13

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005906

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

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

Total: 33 names and synonyms.

Phoca Leonina

(G. I. Molina, 1782)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

leonina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

282

Authority publication

Bologna

Phoca aurita

(Bechstein, 1799)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

aurita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

590

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57833455

Authority publication

Weimar

Name usages

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

Phoca flavescens

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

flavescens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-Ma 23-26

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

260

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632283

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Muirhead (1819:471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  3. Schinz (1821:245, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  4. Fischer (1829:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Otaria Leonina

Péron, 1816

Family

Otariidae

Root name

leonina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

40, 65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30581429 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30581454

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Péron (1816:40, 65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30581429, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30581454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69256)
  2. Péron (1816:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30581454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69256)
  3. Desmarest (1817:590, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18044362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60328)
  4. Nilsson (1838:240, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34530092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69398)
  5. Gray (1866:59, 369, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9729804, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9730114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37226)
  6. Gray (1866:369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37226)
  7. Peters (1866:264, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39052810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67072)
  8. Murray (1866:331, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580327) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Otaria flavescens

A. G. Desmarest, 1817

Family

Otariidae

Root name

flavescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

601

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18044373

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1817:601, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18044373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60328)
  2. Desmarest (1821:252, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524016) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  3. Lesson (1827:207, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Cabrera (1940:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17414)
  5. Osgood (1943:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5651)
  6. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  7. D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005906) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Phoca byronia

(de Blainville, 1820)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

byronia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RCS 3966

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

287, 300

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6174263 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6174276

Authority publication

Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire naturelle et des Arts

Name usages

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

phoca Byronii

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

byronii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

240

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524004

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1821:240, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  2. Schinz (1821:885, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  3. Fischer (1829:235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

otaria Guerin

Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

Family

Otariidae

Root name

guerin

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

71 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871062

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Quoy & Gaimard (1824:71 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871062) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67824)

Platyrhyncus leoninus

(F. Cuvier, 1826)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

leonina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

555

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305788

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1826:555, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25305788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62883)
  2. Lesson (1827:203, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ontaria molossina

Lesson, 1826

Family

Otariidae

Root name

molossina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4422535

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie

Name usages

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

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