The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Bears, Pinnipeds and Hyenas.

Galápagos Fur Seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis)

The range of this species is restricted to the Galapagos Islands, with unconfirmed reports of populations on the coastline of mainland Ecuador.

Monotypic.

No photographs of this taxon have been uploaded to the Zoochat gallery by Zoochatters.
 
Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella)

The range of this species extends across much of the Southern Ocean, with 95% of the world population breeding on South Georgia.

Monotypic.

No photographs of this taxon have been uploaded to the Zoochat gallery by Zoochatters.
 
Juan Fernández Fur Seal (Arctocephalus philippii)

The range of this species is restricted to the Juan Fernández Islands and the Desventuradas Islands of the South Pacific.

Monotypic.

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Brown Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)

The range of this species comprises a pair of disjunct populations; the first extends along the southern coastline of Africa from Angola south to Cape Agulhas on the South African coast, and north from here to Durban. The second population extends throughout the southeastern Australian coastline, centered on Bass Strait and the Tasmanian coast.

Two subspecies are recognised:

A. p. pusillus - photo by @NigeW

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A. p. doriferus - photo by @Jet

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Guadalupe Fur Seal (Arctocephalus townsendi)

The range of this species extends from the southern coastline of California in the United States, south to Baja California in Mexico and into the Gulf of California, with the largest population centered on Guadalupe Island.

Monotypic.

Photo by @African Grey

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TeaLovingDave said:
Juan Fernández Fur Seal (Arctocephalus philippii)

The range of this species is restricted to the Juan Fernández Islands and the Desventuradas Islands of the South Pacific.

Monotypic.

No photographs of this taxon have been uploaded to the Zoochat gallery by Zoochatters.
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I’ve never heard of this species before, so thank you for alerting me to their presence. Are there none in captivity?
 
Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)

The range of this species extends through the northern Pacific Ocean, from the southern tip of Japan north to the Bering Sea, and thence south to the southern tip of Baja California.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Tomek

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OTARIINAE


This lineage comprises 6 species within five genera:

Steller Sea Lion Eumetopias jubatus

Australian Sea Lion Neophoca cinerea

Patagonian Sea Lion Otaria flavescens

New Zealand Sea Lion Phocarctos hookeri

California Sea Lion Zalophus californianus
Galápagos Sea Lion Zalophus wollebaeki
 
Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)

The range of this species extends through the northern Pacific Ocean, from northern Japan and the Korean Peninsula north to the Bering Sea, and thence south to central California.

Two subspecies recognised:

E. j. jubatus - photo by @Tomek

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E. j. monteriensis - photo by @ThylacineAlive

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Patagonian Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens)

The range of this species extends across much of the South American coastline, from northern Peru south to Cape Horn on the Pacific coast, and thence northward to southern Brazil on the Atlantic coast.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Javan Rhino

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New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri)

The range of this species is restricted to the sub-antarctic waters south of New Zealand, principally focused on the Auckland Islands and Campbell Island, extending as far north as the eastern coastline of South Island; the historical range covered a much larger area throughout New Zealand prior to widespread extirpation after Maori settlement.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Najade

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California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)

The range of this species extends across much of the Pacific coastline of North America and Central America, from as far north as the Gulf of Alaska, through the coast of Canada, United States and Mexico, to as far south as southwest Costa Rica.

Monotypic.

Photo by @savethelephant

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PHOCIDAE



This family comprises four major lineages; these are as follows:

MONACHINI - 2 species within two genera

MIROUNGINI - 2 species within one genus

LOBODONTINI - 4 species within four genera

PHOCINAE - 10 species within seven genera

(Each lineage name has been hyperlinked to the post within which it is discussed)
 
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MONACHINI


This lineage comprises 2 species within two genera:

Mediterranean Monk Seal Monachus monachus

Hawaiian Monk Seal Neomonachus schauinslandi
 
Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus)

The range of this species has contracted significantly; the historical extent of distribution extended throughout the Black Sea and Mediterranean and into the north Atlantic, as far north as the coast of Portugal, as far south as Cape Verde and as far west as the Azores. The current distribution comprises several fragmented and disjunct populations, primarily in Madeira and the coast of Mauritania in the Atlantic, and in the Mediterranean from the Aegean Sea east to the southern coast of Turkey and the coastline of Cyprus.

Monotypic.

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MIROUNGINI


This lineage comprises 2 species within one genus:

Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris
Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina
 
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