Subfamily Arctocephalinae Scheffer and Rice 1963
Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Alternative spellings: Arctocephalina, Arctocephalini
Full reference: V. B. Scheffer and D. W. Rice. 1963. A list of the marine mammals of the world. United States Fish and Wildlife Service Special Scientific Report - Fisheries 431:1-12
Parent taxon: Otariidae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Arctocephalus, Callorhinus, Eumetopias, Eumetopiina, Hydrarctos, Neophoca, Oriensarctos, Otaria, Otariinae, Otariini, Phocarctos, Pithanotaria, Thalassoleon, Zalophina, Zalophus
Subtaxa: none
Type: Arctocephalus