Subantarctic Fur Seal
Arctocephalus tropicalis
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 192
- Most observed in
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) is a species of eared seal found in the southern parts of the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans. It was first described by Gray in 1872 from a specimen recovered in northern Australia—hence the inappropriate specific name tropicalis.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Subantarctic fur seal”.