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Monotypic taxon: Genus Otaria Péron, 1816 - southern sea lion (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Péron, 1816:37, 40.
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Types

Type of: Otariinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825
Type, by synonymy: Otaria byronia (De Blainville, 1820) Peters, 1866

Variants

Different spelling: Ontaria (Genus) Lesson, 1826 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Otaries (Genus) Bowdich, 1821 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Otario (Genus) Brown, 1832 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Otarius (Genus) Billberg, 1827 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Oterites (Genus) Anonymous, 1845 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Homonyms

Junior homonym: Otaria (Genus) Zhdanko, 1984, nom. illeg. Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: 30 Jun 2013.

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Otoes (Genus) Fischer, 1817 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Platyrhynchus (Genus) Cuvier, 1826 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Pontoleo (Genus) Gloger, 1841 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: southern sea lion
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