Genus Phocarctos Peters, 1866
- Phocarctos Peters, W.C.H. 1866. Über die Ohrenrobben (Seelöwen und Seebaren). Otariae, insbesondere über die in den Sammlungen zu Berlin benfindlichen Arten. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866: 261–281 4 pls [269].
Type species:
Phocarctos hookeri Peters, 1866 by original designation.
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states,
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and
IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be
reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the
entire distribution. See further details below.
IMCRA
Macquarie Island Province (24), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Antarctic Region
- Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Tas. Coast