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Arctocephalus forsteri (common names include the Australasian fur seal, [3] South Australian fur seal, [4] New Zealand fur seal, [5] Antipodean fur seal, or long-nosed fur seal) is a species of fur seal found mainly around southern Australia and New Zealand. [1]
Arctocephalus forsteri (Lesson, 1828) Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Subantarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis (Gray, 1872) Size: Habitat: Diet: LC South American fur seal Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann, 1783) Size: Habitat: Diet: LC
Five pinniped species, clockwise from top left: New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri), southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), and grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) Combined range of all pinnipeds
Fur seal ranges. Fur seals and sea lions make up the family Otariidae. Along with the Phocidae and Odobenidae, ottariids are pinnipeds descending from a common ancestor most closely related to modern bears (as hinted by the subfamily Arctocephalinae, meaning "bear-headed").
The group, which includes Black Rocks and Sudden Jerk Island (also known as Avoid Island), supports breeding populations of seabirds and marine mammals. Colonies of the endangered Australian Sea-lion (Neophoca cinerea) and protected New Zealand Fur-seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) occur on some of these islands.
Arctocephalus forsteri; N. Neophoca palatina; New Zealand sea lion This page was last edited on 31 January 2020, at 14:11 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Australian fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus LC; New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri LC; Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella LC; Subantarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis LC; Australian sea lion, Neophoca cinerea EN; New Zealand sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri VU
New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri LR/lc; Brown fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus LR/lc; Subantarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis LR/lc; Genus: Neophoca.