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 Otaria Péron, 1816 - southern sea lion
         1 Otaria byronia (De Blainville, 1820) Peters, 1866 - South American sealion see Otaria flavescens (Shaw, 1800)