Japanese Sea lion
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phylum | Chordata | The Japanese sea lion (Zalophus japonicus) is thought to have become extinct in the 1970s. Prior to 2003 it was considered to be a subspecies of California sea lion as Zalophus californianus japonicus. However, it was subsequently reclassified as a separate species
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class | Mammalia | |
infraclass | Eutheria | |
order | Carnivora | |
suborder | Caniformia | |
family | Otariidae | |
genus | Zalophus | |
species | Z. japonicus |