Order Carnivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 244 289 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352980 1ce75501-9bd6-4f4f-b9de-34a393211f7b 0-89327-235-3 7352980 Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 11: 178 . TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico , Guadalupe Isl., Fondeadero del Oeste (West Anchorage) . DISTRIBUTION: Guadalupe Isl. ( Mexico ); Channel Isis. ( California , U. S. A. ). COMMENT: Formerly included in Arctophoca ; see Repenning et al., 1971 , Antarct. Res. Ser., 18:1 -34. Considered conspecific with philippii by Scheffer, 1958 , Seals, sealions, and walruses, Stanford Univ. Press, 179 pp. PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I. ISIS NUMBER: 5301413001001007001.