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MCZ Mammalogy BOM-1093

Arctocephalus galapagoensis ?

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-1093 JSON-LD

Media of type 3D model, MCZ:Mamm:BOM-1093 Identified as Arctocephalus galapagoensis ?. . Description:CT scan

(Media Record)(media file)

MCZ:Mamm:BOM-1093 Arctocephalus galapagoensis ?. Description: CT scan

Current Identification
Arctocephalus galapagoensis ?
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Pinnipedia Otariidae
Common Name(s): Galapagos Fur Seal; Galápagos fur seal
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
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
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 female [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 of 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)(media file)

Ledger page for: Mammalogy Description: MCZ Mammalogy Bones bones-000001, pg.44

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