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Definition of Otariidae
1. Noun. Eared seals: sea lions and fur seals.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Pinnipedia, Suborder Pinnipedia
Member holonyms: Eared Seal, Arctocephalus, Genus Arctocephalus, Callorhinus, Genus Callorhinus, Genus Otaria, Otaria, Genus Zalophus, Zalophus, Eumetopias, Genus Eumetopias
Lexicographical Neighbors of Otariidae
Literary usage of Otariidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Materials for the Study of Variation by William Bateson (1894)
"The otariidae on the other hand have generally ^4, mf, but both the two upper
molars stand at a level behind that of the lower molar, so that the posterior ..."
2. A New Fossil Pinniped (Desmatophoca Oregonensis) from the Miocene of the by Thomas Condon (1906)
"... two families otariidae and Phocidae, and as the Walrus family is considered
only a specialized form of otariidae we have not considered it separately. ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"In the hair seals, otariidae, and walrus, Trichechidae, the hinder limbs have
... In the "hair seals," otariidae, which are the least aquatic of the group, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The third and last family of the Pinnipedia, and thus of existing Carnívora, is
the otariidae, which includes the eared seals, or sea- lions and ..."
5. Outlines of zoology by John Arthur Thomson (1895)
"The mammae are two or four in number, and lie on the abdomen. Family otariidae—Eared
or fur-seals, connecting the Pinnipeds with the ..."
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