Otariidae - Definition and Overview

Eared seals
Australian Sea Lion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Suborder: Pinnipedia Family: Otariidae
Genera
Arctocephalus Callorhinus Eumetopias Neophoca Otaria Phocarctos Zalophus

The eared seals (or walking seals), family Otariidae, are the fur seals and the sea lions. These are marine mammals, adapted to a semi-aquatic lifestyle. They feed and travel in the water but breed and largely rest on land (or, in some cases, on ice). They are slightly less adapted to the aquatic lifestyle than are the true seals.

• SUBORDER PINNIPEDIA
• Family Otariidae
  • Subfamily Arctocephalinae: fur seals
    • Northern Fur Seal, Callorhinus ursinus
    • Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella
    • Guadalupe Fur Seal, Arctocephalus townsendi
    • Juan Fernandez Fur Seal, Arctocephalus philippii
    • Galapagos Fur Seal, Arctocephalus galapagoensis
    • Cape Fur Seal or Australian Fur Seal, Arctocephalus pusillus
    • New Zealand Fur Seal or Southern Fur Seal, Arctocephalus forsteri
    • Subantarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis
    • South American Fur Seal, Arctocephalus australis
  • Subfamily Otariinae: sea lions
    • Steller's Sea Lion, Eumetopias jubatus
    • California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus
    • South American Sea Lion, Otaria flavescens
    • Australian Sea Lion, Neophoca cinerea
    • New Zealand Sea Lion, Phocarctos hookeri
• Family Phocidae: true seals
• Family Odobenidae: Walrus