Arctocephalus

Translingual thumb|Arctocephalus distribution Etymology mul arcto cephalus bear head, from mul grc ἄρκτος bear + grc κεφαλή head. Proper noun 1 m genus family Otariidae eight of the nine species of fur seals Usage notes Possibly paraphyletic. Hypernyms genus Hyponyms genus Arctocephalus pusillus species (Cape fur seal, Australian fur seal, South African fur seal) type species; Arctocephalus australis species (South American fur seal), Arctocephalus forsteri species (New Zealand fur seal), Arctocephalus galapagoensis species (Galapagos fur seal), Arctocephalus gazella species (Antarctic fur seal), Arctocephalus philippii species (Juan Fernandez fur seal), Arctocephalus townsendi species (Guadalupe fur seal), Arctocephalus tropicalis species (subantarctic fur seal) species Further reading 1 1 1 231390 14000997 180628 42388 29083 36909