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Antarctic fur seals and king penguins at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Pale fur seal pup in Grytviken, South Georgia South Georgia islands, which hold approximately 95% of the global population, [ 14 ] had a total population in 1999/2000 between 4.5 and 6.2 million. [ 15 ]
IUCN status and estimated population Antarctic fur seal. A. gazella (Peters, 1875) Subantarctic islands: Size: Male: 180 cm (71 in) long; 130–200 kg (287–441 lb)
Antarctic fur seals and southern elephant seals, in contrast, while doing much of their feeding at the edge of the continent, breed on subantarctic islands, such as South Georgia. Warmblooded prey makes up a significant proportion of the leopard seal 's diet, and is occasionally taken by Antarctic fur seals.
The subantarctic fur seal is medium in size compared with other fur seals. The two sexes are strongly sexually dimorphic: males grow to 2 m and 160 kg, whereas females are substantially smaller—1.4 m and 50 kg. Subantarctic fur seals have creamy-orange chests and faces. Their bellies are more brownish.
There are large populations of southern elephant seals, Antarctic fur seals and subantarctic fur seals. [1] ... With the last count of penguin population in 1982, ...
So far this winter, a total of 3,796 seal pups have been born while 1,169 adults have been spotted. The number is almost double the count in 2019/2020 when the total pup count was 2,069.
The Antarctic fur seal was very heavily hunted in the 18th and 19th centuries for its pelt by seal hunters from the United States and the United Kingdom. [117] Leopard seals are apex predators in the Antarctic ecosystem and migrate across the Southern Ocean in search of food. [118]
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