Afro-Australian Fur Seal
Arctocephalus pusillus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 5,359
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Arctocephalus pusillus, commonly known as the Afro-Australian fur seal, or brown fur seal is a species of fur seal. The species is often referred to as the Cape fur seal, although this name is also used specifically for the nominate subspecies, A. p. pusillus, of southern Africa. The other subspecies, A. p. doriferus, is found in Australia and is known as the Australian fur seal.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Arctocephalus pusillus”.