MCZ Mammalogy BOM-1092

Arctocephalus galapagoensis Heller, 1904 ?

Date Collected:

1871-12-04/1872-08-31

South America: Ecuador: Galápagos: Galapagos Archipelago | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BOM-1092 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Arctocephalus galapagoensis Heller, 1904 ?
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Pinnipedia Otariidae
Common Name(s): Galapagos fur seal; Galapagos islands fur seal; Galápagos fur seal
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Previous Identifications
Zalophus wollebaeki Sivertsen, 1953 ?
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Pinnipedia Otariidae
Common Name(s): Galápagos Sea Lion
Determiner: Erling Sivertsenlinked data icon on 1957-05-26
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: "Sivertsen says (letter 26/V/57) O. byronia not on Galapagos, possibly Z. wollbaeki"
Otaria byronia
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Pinnipedia Otariidae
Common Name(s): South American sea lion; South American sealion
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Bones Ledger; card catalog
Otaria jubata
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Pinnipedia Otariidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Bones Ledger

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Part Condition Disposition Count
skeleton (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: mostly complete post-cranial skeleton (no skull)

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data], Method: migration

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  • Also carded as Otaria byronia (Blainville). Sivertsen says (letter 26/V/57) O. byronia not on Galapagos, possibly Z. wollbaeki. I found these more like fur seals (O. byronia has been found in Galapagos, see Novak and Paradiso - RSO).

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  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Ecuador
  • State/Province:
  • Galápagos
  • Island Group:
  • Galapagos Archipelago
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Galapagos Isl.
  • Georeference:
  • -0.7500000°, -90.283333° (Error radius: 238500m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-07-17 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1871-12-04 / 1872-08-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Date collected range based on duration of Hassler Expedition
  • Collector:
  • Hassler Expedition

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Media type: text; Mammalogy BOM-1076; BOM-1078; BOM-1079; BOM-1080; BOM-1081; BOM-1082; BOM-1083; BOM-1084; BOM-1085; BOM-1086; BOM-1087; BOM-1088; BOM-1089; BOM-1092; BOM-1093; BOM-1094; BOM-1095; BOM-1096; BOM-1097; BOM-1098; BOM-1099; BOM-1100; BOM-1077; BOM-1090; BOM-1091 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Bones bones-000001, pg.44;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:BOM-1076 Tapirus bairdii to MCZ:Mamm:B...

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