Otaria Peron 1816 (eared seal)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Invalid subtaxa: Otoes Fischer 1817, Phoca flavescens Shaw 1800 [nomen nudum], Platyrhynchus Cuvier 1827, Pontoleo Gloger 1841
Parent taxon: Otariidae according to A. Berta 2009
Sister taxa: Arctocephalinae, Arctocephalus, Callorhinus, Eumetopias, Eumetopiina, Hydrarctos, Neophoca, Oriensarctos, Otariinae, Otariini, Phocarctos, Pithanotaria, Thalassoleon, Zalophina, Zalophus
Subtaxa: Otaria byronia, Otaria fischeri
Type: Otaria byronia
Ecology: amphibious piscivore