Arctocephalus forsteri

The male is 1.45-2.5m long and weighs 200kg on average; the female is 1.25-1.5m long and weighs 90kg, with a male-female ratio of 3.5:1. The skull is slightly convex, the base of the skull is 254mm long, the snout is medium-long, the nose is long and wide apart. The palate is wide and arched. The teeth are small and single-pointed, with a vacant space between the 4-5 and 5-6 cheek teeth, and the two rows of teeth are parallel. The body is mostly dark gray, with a light brown belly, and the young are black or silver gray. It is covered with coarse hair and dense and thick hair.

It is mainly distributed in the subantarctic islands, namely Chatham, Baity Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland, Campbell, Macquarie Island, South Island of New Zealand, Australia, etc.

New Zealand fur seals (Arctocephalus forsteri) mainly feed on squid, octopus and rod fish, and also eat penguins. They mostly hunt on the surface at night, and sometimes hunt on octopus on the seabed during the day. They can drag large fish such as perch out of the water and bite them off and swallow them. They breed between November and February. Each male forms a multi-female group with about 10 females. The young are 55cm long and weigh 4.3kg. The lactation period is about 8 months. It is estimated that there are 30,000 to 50,000 in New Zealand and several thousand in Australia.

The fur seal is an endangered species identified by the World Wildlife Conservation Association. Only Namibia in southern Africa is authorized by the United Nations to reasonably kill fur seals. Therefore, only fur seal products from Namibia are legal.

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