OTARIIDAE Gray, 1825
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C24EFA8A-A5A0-4B06-A0A9-632F542B9529 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4571299 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A0BE3B-6451-FFE4-FF4F-FD06FC215431 |
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Plazi |
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OTARIIDAE Gray, 1825 |
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Family OTARIIDAE Gray, 1825 View in CoL View at ENA
The families Otariidae , Phocidae , and Odobenidae once composed the particular Order Pinnipedia . These three aquatic families have close affinities with the Superfamily Musteloidae ( Nyakatura & Bininda-Emonds 2012) .
Three genera and three species inhabit the waters of Korea. However, Zalophus japonicus is now considered extinct, despite a number of several unconfirmed observations (see below).
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