Otaria cinerea Péron in Péron & Freycinet, 1816

(Fig. 171)

Otaria cinerea Péron in Péron & Freycinet, 1816: 54.

COMMON NAME. — Australian Sea-lion.

CURRENT NAME. — Neophoca cinerea (Péron in Péron & Freycinet, 1816).

See Webber (2014: 97) and Jackson & Groves (2015: 295).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur.

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Île Decres (Kangaroo Island), South Australia, Australia (See Girard 1856: 104). King Island according to Péron (1804a).

COLLECTION DATE. — Between 2 January and 1 February 1803.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No specimen identified in MNHN collection.

COMMENTS. — Several ‘fur seals’ were collected at Rottnest Island on 15 June 1801 by Stanislas Levillain (Journal de Stanislas Levillain, Archives Nationales de France, série Marine, 5JJ52) who preserved the two best skins for the museum.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80676 (Fig. 171; living animals) (Fornasiero et al. 2004: 244).