New Zealand Fur Seal
The New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) is an “eared seal” (family Otariidae) known for visible ear flaps, powerful foreflippers and a dense, fur‑seal coat. Native to New Zealand and parts of southern Australia, it was heavily hunted in the 18th and 19th centuries and disappeared from m...
Australian Sea Lion
The Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) is one of the world's most range-restricted pinnipeds and the only sea lion species that breeds entirely within Australian waters. Belonging to the family Otariidae, it is a medium-to-large marine mammal best known for its unusual breeding cycle, small...
Australian Fur Seal
The Australian fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) is a large otariid seal and the Australian subspecies of the brown fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus. It is one of the most robust fur seals in the Southern Hemisphere and is closely related to the Cape (South African) fur seal (A. p. pusillus...
Fur Seals
Arctocephalinae (fur‑seal subfamily) within Otariidae includes the Southern HemisphereArctocephalus and the Northern Fur Seal Callorhinus ursinus. Otariids bear external earpinnae, swim with foreflipper propulsion and can walk on land. Fur seals have dense underfur that fuelledhistoric exploita...
fur seal
The fur seal is a mammal of the carnivorous order Sea Lion, subfamily Sealidae, and is about the same size as a seal, with a length of nearly 2 meters. However, its weight is much smaller, weighing only more than 20 kilograms, and its limbs have also degenerated into flippers. , so moving on land is...
Arctocephalus australis
The fur of the South American Fur seal is dark gray.Females and most immature individuals have a variety of colors, mostly gray on the neck and back, but some have white tips on the hair, making it silver-gray, and a pale yellow belly. It was named by Zimmermann in 1783.Compared with other fur sea l...
Arctocephalus australis
There are about 14 species of sea lions in the world, of which the South American sea lion is the least known and the most bizarre. There are many new and interesting facts about South American sea lions, especially their "family marriage" life.In the South American Sea Lion Palace, fe...