Zalophus

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name = "Zalophus"


image_width = 200px
image_caption = Californian Sea Lion
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
subordo = Pinnipedia
familia = Otariidae
subfamilia = Otariinae
genus = "Zalophus"
genus_authority = Gill, 1866
type_species = "Otaria gilliespii" (= "Otaria californiana"
type_species_authority = Lesson, 1828

"Zalophus" is a genus of the suborder "Otariidae" (sea lions and fur seals), order "Carnivora". It includes only three speciesDon E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ Online] ] of which one became recently extinct:

*"Z. californianus": California Sea LionSeal Specialist Group 1996. Zalophus californianus. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 07 March 2008.]
*"Z. japonicus": Japanese Sea Lion †Seal Specialist Group 1996. Zalophus japonicus. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 07 March 2008.]
*"Z. wollenbecki": Galápagos Sea LionSeal Specialist Group 1996. Zalophus wollebaeki. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 07 March 2008.]

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