Callorhinus
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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.[1]
Quick Facts Callorhinus Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent, Scientific classification ...
Callorhinus | |
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Northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) | |
Scientific classification | |
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 | |
Species | |
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Callorhinus may be a sister genus to the extinct giant otariid, Thalassoleon.[1][2]