180619180619Otaria byronia552767180619According to Berta and Churchill (2012): 'The specific name for the South American sea lion remains controversial--two names are in current use: Otaria byronia ([originally] Phoca byronia de Blainville, 1820) and Otaria flavescens ([originally] Phoca flavescens [Shaw, 1800]). According to Brunner (2004), while the locality for Blainville's specimens is given as Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific), the consensus is that this was a mistake; Blainville visited the Falkland Islands on the same trip. The specimen, according to Brunner, is without doubt a southern sea lion (based on palate descriptions), while the identity of Shaw's specimen (undescribed skull) remains uncertain (and it could have been a light-coloured Arctophoca, i.e. A. gazella). Thus, the earliest available name applicable with certainty in terms of identification is O. byronia'701182020-08-28 20:58:35.0S.N. Alexander, ITIS Data Development Specialist2024-02-26180619South American SealionEnglish180619180619220180619TWG standards met220invalidother, see comments180619TWG standards met1806192201806191996-06-13 14:51:08.02024-02-26180619Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USAAlfred L. GardnerOtaria flavescens1806192003-10-28Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545W. Christopher WozencraftOtaria flavescens1806192003-10-281806191806191806191806195Animalia 1806191996-07-29Otaria flavescens180619NODC Taxonomic Codedatabase2010-01-148.018061901806192012-07-011365-29072012-07-01207-234doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00193.xMammal Review, vol. 42, no. 3Berta, Annalisa, and Morgan ChurchillOtaria flavescens180619Pinniped taxonomy: review of currently recognized species and subspecies, and evidence used for their description2024-02-262005-10-010-8018-8221-42005-10-012142Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2Baltimore, Maryland, USAJohns Hopkins University PressWilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.Otaria flavescens180619South American SealionEnglish1806192026-01-211993-01-011-56098-217-91992-01-01xviii + 1207Corrections were made to text at 3rd printingMammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printingWashington, DC, USASmithsonian Institution PressWilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.Otaria flavescens1806192026-01-211998-01-011-891276-03-41998-01-01ix + 231Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4Lawrence, Kansas, USAThe Society for Marine MammalogyRice, Dale W.Otaria flavescens180619Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution2025-09-19180619(Shaw, 1800)Otaria flavescensOtaria flavescens1806191806195Animalia 220Species 180619(Shaw, 1800)2003-10-28180619other, see comments180619invalid