''Neophoca'' is a genus of the family Otariidae (

sea lion Sea lions are pinnipeds characterized by external ear flaps, long foreflippers, the ability to walk on all fours, short and thick hair, and a big chest and belly. Together with the fur seals, they make up the family Otariidae, eared seals. ...

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fur seal Fur seals are any of nine species of pinnipeds belonging to the subfamily Arctocephalinae in the family '' Otariidae''. They are much more closely related to sea lions than true seals, and share with them external ears (pinnae), relatively l ...

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Carnivora Carnivora is a Clade, monophyletic order of Placentalia, placental mammals consisting of the most recent common ancestor of all felidae, cat-like and canidae, dog-like animals, and all descendants of that ancestor. Members of this group are f ...

. It is combined by some taxonomists with the genus '' Phocarctos'', the (extant) New Zealand sea lion. Only one species survives: *'' N. cinerea'': Australian sea lion. Most subpopulations are small and genetically isolated. Extinct species: *'' N. palatina'', known from a skull found in New Zealand

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Mammal genera Mammal genera with one living species Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{carnivora-stub