Arctocephalus
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The genus Arctocephalus consists of eight of the nine species of fur seal
. For details see the fur seal article, or the individual species articles.
Fur seal
Fur seals are any of nine species of pinnipeds in the Otariidae family. One species, the northern fur seal inhabits the North Pacific, while seven species in the Arctocephalus genus are found primarily in the Southern hemisphere...
. For details see the fur seal article, or the individual species articles.
Taxonomy
- SUBORDER PINNIPEDIA
- Family Otariidae
- Subfamily Arctocephalinae (depricated)
- Genus Callorhinus
- Northern Fur SealNorthern Fur SealThe Northern fur seal is an eared seal found along the north Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk. It is the largest member of the fur seal subfamily and the only species in the genus Callorhinus.-Physical description:Northern fur seals have extreme sexual dimorphism, with males...
, Callorhinus ursinus
- Northern Fur Seal
- Genus Arctocephalus
- Antarctic Fur SealAntarctic Fur SealThe Antarctic fur seal is one of eight seals in the genus Arctocephalus, and one of nine fur seals in the subfamily Arctocephalinae. As its name suggests, the Antarctic fur seal is distributed in Antarctic waters. Around 95% of the world population breeds at the Island of South Georgia...
, Arctocephalus gazella - Guadalupe Fur SealGuadalupe Fur SealThe Guadalupe fur seal is one of six members of the fur seal genus Arctocephalus. Sealers reduced the population to just a few dozen by the late 19th century, but the species had recovered to 10,000 in number by the late 1990s...
, Arctocephalus townsendi - Juan Fernandez Fur SealJuan Fernandez Fur SealThe Juan Fernández Fur Seal is a fur seal that breeds on the Juan Fernández Islands off the coast of Chile. It is the second smallest of the otariid seal . Discovered by navigator Juan Fernández in the sixteenth century, the seals became a target for sealers in the Maritime Fur Trade era...
, Arctocephalus philippii - Galapagos Fur SealGalapagos Fur SealThe Galápagos fur seal breeds on the Galápagos Islands in the eastern Pacific, west of mainland Ecuador.- Description :...
, Arctocephalus galapagoensis - Cape Fur SealCape Fur SealThe brown fur seal , also known as the Cape fur seal, South African fur seal and the Australian fur seal is a species of fur seal.-Description:...
or Australian Fur Seal, Arctocephalus pusillus - New Zealand Fur SealNew Zealand Fur SealThe Australian fur seal , or New Zealand fur seal or southern fur seal, is a species of fur seal found around the south coast of Australia, the coast of the South Island of New Zealand, and some of the small islands to the south and east of there...
, Arctocephalus forsteri - Subantarctic Fur SealSubantarctic Fur SealThe subantarctic fur seal is a fur seal found in the southern parts of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. It was first described by Gray in 1872 from a specimen recovered in northern Australia—hence the inappropriate tropicalis specific name.- Description :The subantarctic fur seal is...
, Arctocephalus tropicalis - South American Fur SealSouth American Fur SealThe South American Fur Seal is a species of fur seal that breeds on the coasts of Chile and Argentina. The total population is around 250,000....
, Arctocephalus australis
- Antarctic Fur Seal
- Genus Callorhinus
- Subfamily Otariinae: sea lions
- Subfamily Arctocephalinae (depricated)
- Family Phocidae: true seals
- Family OdobenidaeOdobenidaeOdobenidae is a family of Pinnipeds. The only living species is walrus.In the past, however, the group was much more diverse, and includes more than ten fossil genera.- Taxonomy :All genera, except Odobenus, are extinct.*Prototaria...
: Walrus