Zalophus californianus

(Lesson, 1828)

California Sea Lion

Oblique view of two males. Also as California Sealion|Californian Sea Lion.
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Location:USA, CA, Ventura Co., Santa Barbara IslandDate taken:Jan 1, 1975

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 132

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lesson, R.P. 1828-01. Phoque. Phoca. Mam. Pp. 400–426 in Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.-B. (eds.). Dictionnaire classique d'Histoire naturelle. Tome treizième. PAN-PIV. Rey et Gravier, Paris, 648 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24378053

Original name as described

Otaria californiana

Other common names

California Sealion · Californian Sea Lion

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

"les rochers dans le voisinage de la baie San-Francisco" (= San Francisco Bay), California, United States.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Mexico · United States · Canada · Costa Rica · El Salvador · Guatemala · Honduras

Subregion distribution

USA(AK, CA, OR, WA)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005908

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: 11 names and synonyms.

Otaria californiana

(Lesson, 1828)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

californianus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

420

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24378053

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Phoca Californiana

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

californianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

231

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Otaria gillespii

(MacBain, 1858)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

gillespii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UEAM P.EU.ca 1

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

422

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42250330

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh

Name usages

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

Arctocephalus Gillespii

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

gillespii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

330

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580326

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:330, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Zalophus Gilliespii

Gill, 1866

Family

Otariidae

Root name

gilliespii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33204510

Authority publication

Communications of the Essex Institute

Name usages

  1. Gill (1866:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33204510) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37257)
  2. Gray (1871:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15945442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37256)

Arctocephalus Gilliespii

(J. E. Gray, 1866)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

gilliespii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

55

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9729800

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1866:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9729800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37226)

Otaria Gilliespii

(W. C. H. Peters, 1866)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

gilliespii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

275

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39052835

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Peters (1866:275, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39052835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67072)

Zalophus Gillespii

J. A. Allen, 1870

Family

Otariidae

Root name

gillespii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6313545

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1870:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6313545) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72388)

Zalophus californianus

J. A. Allen, 1880

Family

Otariidae

Root name

californianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

209

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1565416

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Allen (1880:209, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1565416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34345)
  2. True (1885:607, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  3. Miller & Rehn (1901:191, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56790194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35890)
  4. Pocock (1929:900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69490)
  5. Bailey (1936:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  6. Scheffer (1942:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72302)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1980:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  8. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  9. Corbet & Hill (1991:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  10. Wozencraft (1993:329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  11. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  12. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  13. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  14. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  18. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41666/45230310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eumetopias gillespii

(Kuroda, 1933)

Family

Otariidae

Root name

gillespii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

162

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan

Name usages

Kuroda (1933:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68962)

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