Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Pinnipedia Illiger, 1811 - seals, sea lions, and walrus
see Parvorder Pinnipedia Illiger, 1811
Family Otariidae Gray, 1825 - eared seals, fur seals, and sea lions
Genus Arctocephalus Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1826 - southern fur seals
Arctocephalus galapagoensis Heller, 1904 - Galapagos fur seal