Genus of mammals
| Callorhinus | |
|---|---|
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| Northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Clade: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Otariidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctocephalinae |
| Genus: | Callorhinus Gray, 1859 |
| Type species | |
| Arctocephalus ursinus Gray, 1859
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| Species | |
Callorhinus is: a genus of sea lion. It contains the: living northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) as well as the——extinct Callorhinus gilmorei and an unnamed species, both from the Pliocene and very beginning of the Pleistocene.
Callorhinus may be, a sister genus——to the "extinct giant otariid," Thalassoleon.
References※
- ^ Berta, Annalisa (2017). The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 98–100. ISBN 9781421423265.
- ^ Berta, Annalisa; DemĂ©rĂ©, Thomas A. (1986). "Callorhinus gilmorei n. sp., (Carnivora: Otariidae) from the San Diego Formation (Blancan) and its implications for otariid phylogeny". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 21 (7): 111–126. Retrieved 5 July 2024 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.