Translingual

Arctocephalus distribution

Proper noun

Arctocephalus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Otariidae – eight of the nine species of fur seals.

Usage notes

• Possibly paraphyletic.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Placentalia - cohort; Boreoeutheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Otariidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Arctocephalus pusillus (Cape fur seal, Australian fur seal, South African fur seal) - type species; Arctocephalus australis (South American fur seal), Arctocephalus forsteri (New Zealand fur seal), Arctocephalus galapagoensis (Galapagos fur seal), Arctocephalus gazella (Antarctic fur seal), Arctocephalus philippii (Juan Fernandez fur seal), Arctocephalus townsendi (Guadalupe fur seal), Arctocephalus tropicalis (subantarctic fur seal) - species