Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Otariidae Gray, 1825 - eared seals, fur seals, and sea lions Genus Otaria Péron, 1816 - southern sea lion Otaria byronia (De Blainville, 1820) Peters, 1866 - South American sealion see Otaria flavescens (Shaw, 1800)