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| fossil_range = [[Pliocene]] - [[Holocene|Recent]] | | fossil_range = [[Pliocene]] - [[Holocene|Recent]] | ||
| image = Fur seal on land.jpg | | image = Fur seal on land.jpg | ||
| image_caption = [[Northern fur seal]] ''(Callorhinus ursinus)'' | | image_caption = [[Northern fur seal]] ''(Callorhinus ursinus)'' | ||
| image2 = Callorhinus gilmorei.jpg | |||
| image2_caption = {{extinct}}''[[Callorhinus gilmorei]]'' | |||
| taxon = Callorhinus | | taxon = Callorhinus | ||
| authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1859 | | authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1859 | ||
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'''''Callorhinus''''' is a genus of [[ | '''''Callorhinus''''' is a genus of [[fur seal]]. It contains the living [[northern fur seal]] ''(Callorhinus ursinus)'' as well as the extinct ''[[Callorhinus gilmorei]]'' and an unnamed species, both from the [[Pliocene]] and very beginning of the [[Pleistocene]].<ref name=Berta>{{cite book |last1=Berta |first1=Annalisa |title=The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution |date=2017 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=9781421423265 |pages=98–100}}</ref> | ||
''Callorhinus'' may be a sister genus to the extinct giant otariid, ''[[Thalassoleon]]''.<ref name=Berta /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Berta |first1=Annalisa |last2=Deméré |first2=Thomas A. |title=''Callorhinus gilmorei'' n. sp., (Carnivora: Otariidae) from the San Diego Formation (Blancan) and its implications for otariid phylogeny|year=1986|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/24578|journal=Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History|volume=21|issue=7|pages=111–126|via=Biodiversity Heritage Library|access-date=5 July 2024}}</ref> | The scientific name of the Northern Fur Seal is ''Callorhinus ursinus''. That second part, ''ursinus'', comes from Latin and means "like a bear." People gave them this name because the males are large and strong, with thick fur that makes them resemble bears when they emerge from the water. Therefore, referring to them as "sea bears" is a nickname derived from their appearance and scientific name.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Norberg |first=Sarah E. |last2=Burkanov |first2=Vladimir N. |last3=Tuomi |first3=Pam |last4=Andrews |first4=Russel D. |date=2011 |title=Hematology of Free-Ranging, Lactating Northern Fur Seals, Callorhinus ursinus |url=https://meridian.allenpress.com/jwd/article/47/1/217/121184/Hematology-of-Free-Ranging-Lactating-Northern-Fur |journal=Journal of Wildlife Diseases |language=en |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=217–221 |doi=10.7589/0090-3558-47.1.217 |issn=0090-3558}}</ref> | ||
''Callorhinus'' may be a sister genus to the extinct giant otariid, ''[[Thalassoleon]]''.<ref name="Berta" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Berta |first1=Annalisa |last2=Deméré |first2=Thomas A. |title=''Callorhinus gilmorei'' n. sp., (Carnivora: Otariidae) from the San Diego Formation (Blancan) and its implications for otariid phylogeny|year=1986|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/24578|journal=Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History|volume=21|issue=7|pages=111–126|via=Biodiversity Heritage Library|access-date=5 July 2024}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Biota of the Temperate Northern Pacific]] | [[Category:Biota of the Temperate Northern Pacific]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:27, 10 December 2025
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Callorhinus is a genus of fur seal. It contains the living northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) as well as the extinct Callorhinus gilmorei and an unnamed species, both from the Pliocene and very beginning of the Pleistocene.[1]
The scientific name of the Northern Fur Seal is Callorhinus ursinus. That second part, ursinus, comes from Latin and means "like a bear." People gave them this name because the males are large and strong, with thick fur that makes them resemble bears when they emerge from the water. Therefore, referring to them as "sea bears" is a nickname derived from their appearance and scientific name.[2]
Callorhinus may be a sister genus to the extinct giant otariid, Thalassoleon.[1][3]
References
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