Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 11: 178.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Guadalupe Isl., Fondeadero del Oeste (West Anchorage) .

DISTRIBUTION: Guadalupe Isl. (Mexico); Channel Isis. (California, U. S. A.).

COMMENT: Formerly included in Arctophoca; see Repenning et al., 1971, Antarct. Res. Ser., 18:1 -34. Considered conspecific with philippii by Scheffer, 1958, Seals, sealions, and walruses, Stanford Univ. Press, 179 pp.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301413001001007001.