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Some facts about the
Antarctic fur seal
Adult weight : 84.5 kg (185.9 lbs)
Female maturity :1278 days
Male maturity : 1278 days
Gestation : 257 days
Weaning : 122 days
Litter size : 1
Litters per year : 1
Interval between litters : 365 days
Weight at birth : 6 kg (13.2 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 15.8 kg (34.76 lbs)
Antarctic fur seal
Order : Carnivora
Family : Otariidae
Species : Arctocephalus gazella
The Antarctic fur seal, kerguelen fur seal is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Antarctic fur seal
A young / baby of a Antarctic fur seal is called a 'pup'. The females are called 'cow' and males 'bull'. A Antarctic fur seal group is called a 'pod, colony, crash, flock, harem, bob, herd, rookery, team or hurd'.Countries
Bouvet Island, Brazil, Chile, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, South Africa and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Facts about the Antarctic fur seal
Antarctic Fur Seals are actually a type of sea lion (Full text)
Distribution and Habitat Antarctic fur seals are (Full text)
Subantarctic fur seals are comparable to South American fur seals in length and weight, but have a unique colour pattern on the chest and head, and (in males) a tuft of longer prominent guard hairs on the crown. (Full text)
The Antarctic Fur Seal is also known as the Kerguelen Fur Seal. (Full text)
The Antarctic Fur Seal is an eared seal. (Full text)
The subantarctic fur seal is predated upon by sharks and the killer whale. (Full text)
Antarctic fur seals are commonly found at South Georgia. (Full text)
It is possible, therefore, that pre-moult Antarctic fur seals are better able to thermoregulate in water than northern fur seal pups. (Full text)
Antarctic fur seals are found on the beaches of many sub-Antarctic islands. (Full text)
Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella is very nimble on land, compared with other Antarctic species. (Full text)
De Antarctische pelsrob (Arctocephalus gazella) is een oorrob (familie van de zeehond). (Full text)
Antarctic Fur Seal The Antarctic Fur Seal is a (Full text)
Female Antarctic fur seals are not gathered into the harems as elephant seals are. (Full text)
The Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella, is the remaining seal species to be found in the Antarctic. (Full text)
Conservation status Antarctic fur seals are not considered to be threatened. (Full text)
World Range & HabitatThe breeding range for the Antarctic fur seal is restricted mainly to seasonally ice-free islands near the Antarctic Polar Front. (Full text)
html#mammals The Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella, is the remaining seal species to be found in the Antarctic. (Full text)
As its name suggests, the Antarctic Fur Seal is distributed in Antarctic waters. (Full text)
Other descriptions of Arctocephalus gazella Antarctic Fur Seal Conservation status: Unknown (see text) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Suborder: Pinnipedia Family: Otariidae Subfamily: Arctocephalinae Genus: Arctocephalus Species: gazella Binomial name Arcetocephalus gazella Peters, 1875 The Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) is one of seven seals in the genus Arctocephalus. (Full text)
The sub-antarctic fur seal is rarely seen in our waters but there have been several sightings of this species at Bass Strait Australian fur seal (Full text)
In addition, the Antarctic fur seal is listed as an Appendix II species under CITES. (Full text)
Leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx is common but non-breeding, and Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella is recolonising the island. (Full text)
1. Arctocephalus, genus Arctocephalus -- (fur seals)Arctocephalus
genus Arctocephalus
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