Arctocephalus philippii
IUCN
LCBasic Information
Scientific classification
- name：Arctocephalus philippii
- Aliases：Arctocephalus philippii,Chilean fur sea lion
- Outline：Carnivora
- Family：S.L.family S.F.seal
Vital signs
- length：1.4-2m
- Weight：50-140kg
- lifetime：No verification information
Feature
Round head, short snout, large eyes, and small ear shells
Details
The scientific name of the Hoo Island fur seal is Arctocephalus philippii. It likes to stand upside down in the water for a long time, with its head down and its flippers raised out of the water and swinging slowly. It breeds on the Juan-Fernandez Islands in Chile. It gives birth in June. It is docile. There were many of them in the 16th and 17th centuries, but they were hunted for their fur by Britain, the United States and other countries in the first 25 years of the 19th century, which made them on the verge of extinction. It is estimated that there are 650 to 750 of them now.
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Location
Distributed in the Juan Fernandez Islands and São Feligón Island.
Form
The male is 2 meters long and weighs 140kg. The female is 1.40 meters and weighs 50kg. The snout is very long. The skull base is 268mm long. The forehead is convex. The nasal bone is 55mm long. The palate is narrow. The teeth are large and single-pointed, with empty spaces between the 4th and 5th cheek teeth. The body is covered with coarse hair and down. The body color is mostly gray and black. The claws on the forelimbs are degenerate, and the claws on the middle three toes of the hind limbs are well developed and used for combing the fur. The male has a scrotum. Its fleshy nose protrudes forward quite a lot, and the nostrils face downward, making its mouth shape quite like a shark.
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