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Encyclopedia > Galapagos Fur Seal
Galapagos Fur Seal
Conservation status: Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Pinnipedia
Family: Otariidae
Subfamily: Arctocephalinae
Genus: Arctocephalus
Species: galapagoensis
Binomial name
Arctocephalus galapagoensis
Heller, 1904


The Galapagos Fur Seal is the smallest of all the pinnipeds. It breeds on the Galapagos Islands in the eastern Pacific - making it the only fur seal to breed in tropical waters.


The number of Galapagos Fur Seals successfully bred in a year is very sensitive to El Niņo weather events. In the El Nino summers of 1982-1983 and 1997-1998 greatly increased infant mortality. Increased water temperature decreases the abudance of prey during these summers.


References

  • Randall R. Reeves, Brent S. Stewart, Phillip J. Clapham and James A. Powell (2002). National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ISBN 0375411410.

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Galapagos fur seals are less often seen than the sea lions, even though their total populations are similar.
The Galapagos fur seal is less tolerant of heat than the sea lion and thus prefers cooler waters and shade.
This is much thicker and denser in the fur seal, consisting of two layers: an outer one of long hairs and an inner one of short dense fur.
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