Callorhinus gilmorei
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| Callorhinus gilmorei Temporal range: Pliocene - Early Pleistocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Parvorder: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Otariidae |
| Genus: | Callorhinus |
| Species: | †C. gilmorei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Callorhinus gilmorei Berta & Deméré, 1986 | |
Callorhinus gilmorei is an extinct species of fur seal that lived in Japan and western North America during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene.[1][2]
Callorhinus gilmorei was similar to its close relative, the living northern fur seal (C. ursinus). It mainly differed in having more primitive dental features, such as double-rooted cheek teeth, and in the structure of the mandible.[3]