| Citation | Rice, D.W., 1998 Marine Mammals of the World Systematics and Distribution. Special Publication number 4: The Society for Marine Mammalogy. 231p. |
| Ref. | 1522 Rice, D.W., 1998 |
| Page | 47 |
| Named Used as Valid | Mirounga leonina |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | South Atlantic, Indian Ocean, South Pacific, Circumpolar in theSouthern Hemisphere, Skeleton coast of Namibia around the Cape to Ilha Bazaruto in Mozambique. |