Genus Mirounga Gray, 1827

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• Mirounga Gray, J.E. 1827. Synopsis of the species of the class Mammalia. pp. 1-391 in Cuvier, G. Baron (ed.). The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization / by the Baron Cuvier ; with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith and others. (16 vols: 1827–1835). London : George B. Whittaker Vol. 5. [179].

  Type species:

   Phoca proboscidea Péron, 1816 (=Phoca leonina Linnaeus, 1758) by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Scheffer, V.B. 1958. Seals, Sea Lions and Walruses. A review of the Pinnipedia. Stanford : Stanford University Press x 179 pp. 32 pls.
• Macrorhinus Gray, J.E. 1825. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of the Mammalia into tribes and families with a list of the genera apparently appertaining to each tribe. Annals of Philosophy ns 10: 337-344 [publication date established from Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Mem. Aust. Mus. 6: i–xii 1–122 (Order Pinnipedia pp. 87–89)] [340] [nom. nud.; ex Cuvier vernacular].

  Secondary source:

   Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122.
• Macrorhinus Geoffroy [Saint-Hilaire], É. & Cuvier, G.L.C.F.D. 1826. Phoques. Vol. 39 in, Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Strasbourg & Paris (1816–1830). 540-590 pp. [publication date established from Scheffer, V.B. 1958. Seals, Sea Lions and Walruses. A review of the Pinnipedia. Stanford : Stanford Univ. Press x 179 pp. 32 pls] [552] [junior homonym of Macrorhinus Latreille, 1825].

  Type species:

   Phoca proboscidea Péron, 1816 (=Phoca leonina Linnaeus, 1758) by original designation.
• Rhinophoca Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit Vorangehender Klassifikation der Säugethiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur Vergleicherden Zoologie. München : J.G. Cota'schen Buchhandlung vi 354 pp. [Date published Aug. 1830] [27] [nom. nov. for Macrorhinus Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1826].
• Morunga Gray, J.E. 1837. Description of some new or little known Mammalia, principally in the British Museum Collection. Magazine of Natural History ns 1: 577-587 [Date published Nov. 1837: publication date established from Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls [3 Nov. 1888]] [582] [emendation only of Mirounga Gray, 1827].

  Secondary source:

   Scheffer, V.B. 1958. Seals, Sea Lions and Walruses. A review of the Pinnipedia. Stanford : Stanford University Press x 179 pp. 32 pls.
• Physorhinus Gloger, C.W.L. 1841. Gemeinnütziges Hand- und Hilfsbuch der Naturgeschichte. Für gebildete leser aller Stände. Bd I. Breslau : Schulz & Co. xxxiv 495 pp. [Date published May 1841: publication date established from Thomas, O. 1895. An analysis of the mammalian generic names given in Dr. C.W.L. Gloger's 'Naturgeschichte' (1841). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 15: 189–193] [163] [junior homonym of Physorhinus Eschscholtz, 1836].

  Type species:

   Phoca proboscidea Péron & lesueur, 1807 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122 [88]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Circumpolar, subantarctic islands and Antarctica.

Distribution References

History of changes

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