Arctocephalus

Translingual

Arctocephalus distribution

Etymology

arcto- (“bear”) +‎ -cephalus (“head”), from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Proper noun

Arctocephalus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Otariidae – eight of the nine species of fur seals.

Usage notes

• Possibly paraphyletic.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia - suborder; Otariidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Arctocephalus pusillus (Cape fur seal, Australian fur seal, South African fur seal) - type species; Arctocephalus australis (South American fur seal), Arctocephalus forsteri (New Zealand fur seal), Arctocephalus galapagoensis (Galapagos fur seal), Arctocephalus gazella (Antarctic fur seal), Arctocephalus philippii (Juan Fernandez fur seal), Arctocephalus townsendi (Guadalupe fur seal), Arctocephalus tropicalis (subantarctic fur seal) - species

Further reading

• Arctocephalus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Arctocephalus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Arctocephalus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Arctocephalus at World Register of Marine Species
• Arctocephalus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Arctocephalus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Arctocephalus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Arctocephalus at Paleobiology Database