Eumetopias jubatus (Schreber, 1776). Die Säugethiere, text, 3(17):300 [1776]; 3(17):pl. 83.B[1776]. TYPE LOCALITY: "...Aufenthalt in dem nördlichen Theil des stillen Meeres...westlichen Küste von Amerika... östlichen von Kamtschatka...Inseln...Küsten unter dem 56ten Grade der Breite liegen." [N part of the Pacific. Russia, Commander and Bering Isis]. DISTRIBUTION: N Pacific, from Hokkaido (Japan) to S California (USA). STATUS: U.S. ESA - Threatened. SYNONYMS: marinus Steller, 1751; monteriensis Gray, 1859; stellerii Lesson, 1828. COMMENTS: Scheffer (1958) pointed out that jubata Forster, 1775, is invalid. Reviewed by Loughlin et al. (1987, Mammalian Species, 283).

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Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 328, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191