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]

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
Species
N. cinerea †N. palatina