| Neophoca | |
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| N. cinerea, adult and pup | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Parvorder: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Otariidae |
| Subfamily: | Otariinae |
| Genus: | Neophoca Gray 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Arctocephalus lobatus Gray 1828
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| Species | |
Neophoca is a genus of the family Otariidae (sea lions and fur seals) of order Carnivora. It is combined by some taxonomists with the genus Phocarctos, the (extant) New Zealand sea lion.1
References
References
- Don E. Wilson; DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005), Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.), Johns Hopkins University Press