Otariidae

Animals
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Suborder: Pinnipedia Family: Otariidae
Genera
Subfamily Arctocephalinae (fur seals) Arctocephalus Callorhinus Subfamily Otariinae (sea lions) Eumetopias (Steller sea lion) Neophoca (Australian sea lion) Otaria (Southern sea lion) Phocarctos (Hookers sea lion) Zalophus (California sea lion)

The family Otariidae includes the eared seals, which comprise the eared fur seals and the sea lions, so popular in zoos. These are marine mammals, adapted to a semi-aquatic lifestyle. They feed and travel in the water but breed and largely rest on land (or, in some cases, on ice). They are slightly less adapted to the aquatic lifestyle than are the other seals.

Subfamily Arctocephalinae (fur seals)

• Genus Arctocephalus[?] (southern hemisphere fur seals and the Guadalupe fur seal[?])
• Genus Callorhinus[?] (Northern fur seal[?])

Subfamily Otariinae (sea lions)

• Genus Eumetopias[?] (Steller sea lion)
• Genus Neophoca[?] (Australian sea lion[?])
• Genus Otaria[?] (Southern sea lion[?])
• Genus Phocarctos[?] (Hookers sea lion[?])
• Genus Zalophus (California sea lion)