Neophoca

Neophoca is a genus of the family Otariidae (sea lions and fur seals) of order Carnivora. It is combined by some taxonomists with the genus Phocarctos, the (extant) New Zealand sea lion.^[1] Only one species survives:

• N. cinerea: Australian sea lion. Most subpopulations are small and genetically isolated.^[2]

Neophoca
N. cinerea, adult and pup
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Parvorder:	Pinnipedia
Family:	Otariidae
Subfamily:	Otariinae
Genus:	Neophoca Gray 1866
Type species
Arctocephalus lobatus Gray 1828

Extinct species:

• N. palatina, known from a skull found in New Zealand