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Family, genus, species
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Common name
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Family Otariidae of suborder Pinnipedia
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Eumetopias jubatus
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Steller sea lion, northern sea lion
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Zalophus californianus **
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California sea lion
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Otaria flavescens
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South American sea lion
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Neophoca cinerea
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Australian sea lion
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Phocartos hookeri
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New Zealand sea lion
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Callorhinus ursinus **
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northern fur seal
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Arctocephalus townsendi *
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Guadalupe fur seal
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Arctocephalus philippii *
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Juan Fernández fur seal
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Arctocephalus galapagoensis
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Galápalgos fur seal
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Arctocephalus australis
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South American fur seal
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Arctocephalus pusillus
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Cape fur seal, South African fur seal, Tasmanian fur seal, Victorian fur seal
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Arctocephalus forsteri
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New Zealand fur seal, West Australian fur seal
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Arctocephalus gazella
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Kerguelen fur seal, Antarctic fur seal
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Arctocephalus tropicalis
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Amsterdam Island fur seal
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Family Odobenidae of suborder
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Pinnipedia
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Odobenus rosmarus
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walrus
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Family Phocidae of suborder
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Pinnipedia
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Phoca vitulina **
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harbor seal
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Phoca largha
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larga seal, spotted seal
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Phoca hispida **
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ringed seal
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Phoca sibirica
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Caspian seal
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Phoca groenlandica **
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harp seal, Greenland seal
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Phoca fasciata
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ribbon seal
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Erignathus barbatus
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bearded seal
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Cystophora cristata
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hooded seal, bladdernose seal
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Halichoerus grypus **
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gray seal
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Monachus monachus *
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Mediterranean monk seal
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Monachus tropicalis ***
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West Indian monk seal, Caribbean monk seal
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Monachus schauinslandi * **
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Hawaiian monk seal
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Mirounga leonina
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southern elephant seal
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Mirounga angustirostris
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northern elephant seal
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Lobodon carcinophagus
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crabeater seal
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Ommatophoca rossii
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Ross seal
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Hydrurga leptonyx
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leopard seal
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Leptonychotes weddelli
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Weddell seal
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Family Mustelidae
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Lutra felina *
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Chungungo, marine otter, gato marino
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Enhydra lutris
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sea otter
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Family Ursidae
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Ursus maritimus
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polar bear
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NOTES: The otters and bear listed in this table are regarded as marine mammals. Of course, most bears and otters are carnivores but not marine mammals.
* = endangered species; ** = species for which some audiometric data are available; *** = extinct species.
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