NationMaster - Encyclopedia: South American Fur Seal

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Pinnipedia
Family:	Otariidae
Subfamily:	Arctocephalinae
Genus:	Arcetocephalus
Species:	australis

Binomial name

Arcetocephalus australis
Zimmermann, 1783

The South American Fur Seal (Arcetocephalus australis) is a species of fur seal that breeds on the coasts of Chile and Argentina. There are currently around 250,000 South American Fur Seals.

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.

Categories: Pinnipeds

Results from FactBites:

Family Otariidae or fur seals and sea lions (793 words)
	The harvest of fur seals is anticipated to be non-wasteful and in compliance with the regulations specified at 50 CFR 216.
	The fur seals are covered with a dense layer of fur, intermixing in the dense fur are coarse guard hairs that are molted once a year.
	Fur seals are very agile partly because of the arrangement of their flippers, and partly because being essentially sub-Antarctic seals, they don't have as much blubber as other types.

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