| 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 | |
Callorhinus is a genus ofsea lion. It contains the livingnorthern fur seal(Callorhinus ursinus) as well as the extinctCallorhinus gilmorei and an unnamed species, both from thePliocene and very beginning of thePleistocene.[1]
Callorhinus may be a sister genus to the extinct giant otariid,Thalassoleon.[1][2]
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