Editing Eared seal (section)

==Species==
'''Family Otariidae'''
* '''Subfamily [[Arctocephalinae]]''' (fur seals)
** Genus ''[[Arctocephalus]]''
*** [[Brown fur seal]], ''A. pusillus''
****South African fur seal, ''A. pusillus pusillus''
****Australian fur seal, ''A. pusillus doriferus''
***[[Antarctic fur seal]], ''A. gazella''
*** [[Guadalupe fur seal]], ''A. townsendi''
*** [[Juan Fernández fur seal]], ''A. philippii''
*** [[Galápagos fur seal]], ''A. galapagoensis''
***[[New Zealand fur seal]] (or southern fur seal), ''A. forsteri''
*** [[Subantarctic fur seal]], ''A. tropicalis''
*** [[South American fur seal]], ''A. australis''
**Genus ''[[Callorhinus]]''
*** [[Northern fur seal]], ''C. ursinus''
* '''Subfamily [[Otariinae]]''' (sea lions)
** Genus ''[[Eumetopias]]''
*** [[Steller sea lion]], ''E. jubatus''
** Genus ''[[Neophoca]]''
*** [[Australian sea lion]], ''N. cinerea''
** Genus ''[[Otaria]]''
*** [[South American sea lion]], ''O. flavescens''
** Genus ''[[Phocarctos]]''
*** [[New Zealand sea lion]] (or Hooker's sea lion), ''P. hookeri''
** Genus ''[[Zalophus]]''
*** [[California sea lion]], ''Z. californianus''
*** †[[Japanese sea lion]], ''Z. japonicus'' – [[extinct]] (1970s)<ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Lowry, L. |date=2017 |title=''Zalophus japonicus'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T41667A113089431 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T41667A113089431.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref><ref name=JIBIS>{{in lang|ja}} [http://www.biodic.go.jp/cgi-db/gen/RDB_G2000_DO.RDB_DETAIL?wamei=%a5%cb%a5%db%a5%f3%a5%a2%a5%b7%a5%ab ''Zalophus californianus japonicus'' (CR)], Red Data Book, Japan Integrated Biodiversity Information System, [[Ministry of the Environment (Japan)]]. "The Japanese sea lion (''Zalophus californianus japonicus'') was common in the past around the coast of the Japanese Archipelago, but declined rapidly after the 1930s from overhunting and increased competition with commercial fisheries. The last record in Japan was a juvenile, captured in 1974 off the coast of [[Rebun Island]], northern Hokkaido."</ref>
*** [[Galápagos sea lion]], ''Z. wollebaeki''

Although the two subfamilies of otariids, the Otariinae (sea lions) and Arctocephalinae (fur seals), are still widely used, recent molecular studies have demonstrated that they may be invalid.<ref name=Yonezawa2009>{{cite journal | author = Yonezawa, T. | year = 2009 | title = The monophyletic origin of sea lions and fur seals (Carnivora; Otariidae) in the Southern Hemisphere | journal = Gene | volume = 441 | issue = 1–2 | pages = 89–99 | doi = 10.1016/j.gene.2009.01.022 | pmid=19254754|display-authors=etal}}</ref><ref name=Arnason2006>{{cite journal | author = Arnason, U. | year = 2006 | title = Pinniped phylogeny and a new hypothesis for their origin and dispersal | journal = Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume = 41 | issue = 2 | pages = 345–354 | doi = 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.022 | pmid=16815048| bibcode = 2006MolPE..41..345A |display-authors=etal}}</ref> Instead, they suggest three [[clade]]s within the family; one consisting of the northern sea lions (''Eumetopias'' and ''Zalophus''), one of the northern fur seal (''Callorhinus'') and its extinct relatives, and the third of all the remaining Southern Hemisphere species.<ref name=Berta2012>{{cite journal |author1=Berta, A.  |author2=Churchill, M. | year = 2012 | title = Pinniped Taxonomy: evidence for species and subspecies | journal = Mammal Review | volume = 42 | issue = 3 | pages = 207–234 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00193.x}}</ref>
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