Guadalupe Fur Seal
Arctocephalus townsendi
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 331
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi) is one of eight members of the fur seal genus Arctocephalus. They are the northernmost members of this genus. Sealers reduced the population to just a few dozen by the late 19th century, but the species had recovered to about 10,000 individuals by the late 1990s.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Guadalupe fur seal”.