Arctocephalus tropicalis

Covered with coarse hair and down, with obvious tufts on the forehead. The chest and face to behind the ears are bright smoke yellow or light cream. The young are covered with black or dark brown down. The snout is short and narrow, with a nasal bone of 38 mm long and a narrow palate. The left and right teeth are parallel, small and single, with 5-6 cheek teeth empty.
Male northern fur sea lions are 150-180 cm long and weigh 100-150 kg; female northern fur sea lions are 120-145 cm long and weigh less than 50 kg.

It is widely distributed in the Southern Hemisphere, mostly concentrated in the temperate islands and subantarctic islands in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans, including Gough Island, Amsterdam Island and Prince Edward Island. A few can reach South Africa, South America, New Zealand and Macquarie Island.

This is a Northern fur sea lion (scientific name: Arctocephalus tropicalis) first described by John Edward Gray in 1872.

This is a Northern fur sea lion. Male sea lions will fight fiercely during the breeding season, and there will be casualties. A family consists of a male and 6-8 females. They give birth from late November to mid-December. Females give birth to one cub per litter, and the cubs are weaned after 11 months. Females reach sexual maturity at 2 years old, and males reach sexual maturity at 3 years old.

The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern (LC).

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