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; (South American fur seal), (New Zealand fur seal), (Galapagos fur seal), (Antarctic fur seal), (Juan Fernandez fur seal), (Guadalupe fur seal), (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