The Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) is one of eight seals in the genus Arctocephalus, and one of nine fur seals in the subfamily Arctocephalinae...
25 KB (3,014 words) - 11:35, 3 July 2024
inhabit more northerly (subantarctic, or "tropical") locations than the Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) does. The largest known breeding colonies...
14 KB (1,265 words) - 23:41, 23 June 2024
include Antarctic fur seals, Galapagos fur seals, Juan Fernandez fur seals, New Zealand fur seals, brown fur seals, South American fur seals, and subantarctic...
15 KB (1,832 words) - 06:23, 4 September 2024
The leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), also referred to as the sea leopard, is the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic (after the southern...
37 KB (4,187 words) - 01:30, 18 September 2024
brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus), also known as the Cape fur seal, and Afro-Australian fur seal, is a species of fur seal. The brown fur seal is the...
24 KB (2,715 words) - 14:34, 2 October 2024
" The crabeater seal shares a common recent ancestor with the other Antarctic seals, which are together known as the lobodontine seals. These include the...
22 KB (2,579 words) - 16:32, 13 September 2024
The northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) is an eared seal found along the north Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, and the Sea of Okhotsk. It is the largest...
21 KB (2,746 words) - 15:14, 22 July 2024
pusillus doriferus Antarctic fur seal, A. gazella Guadalupe fur seal, A. townsendi Juan Fernández fur seal, A. philippii Galápagos fur seal, A. galapagoensis...
20 KB (1,994 words) - 06:23, 4 September 2024
Arctocephalus (redirect from Southern Fur Seal)
The genus Arctocephalus consists of the southern fur seals. Arctocephalus translates to "bear head." The number of species within the genus has been questioned...
9 KB (359 words) - 18:30, 7 July 2024
traveled by elephant seals, demonstrating their main feeding area is at the edge of the Antarctic continent. While elephant seals may come ashore in Antarctica...
40 KB (4,326 words) - 18:37, 10 October 2024
other seal. The Ross seal shares a recent common ancestor with three other extant Antarctic seals, which are together known as the lobodontine seals. The...
10 KB (1,178 words) - 18:48, 7 July 2024
Pinniped (redirect from Seal (mammal))
the walrus), Otariidae (the eared seals: sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless seals, or true seals), with 34 extant species and more than...
106 KB (12,602 words) - 08:02, 11 October 2024
Arctocephalus forsteri (redirect from Antipodean Fur Seal)
Australasian fur seal, South Australian fur seal, New Zealand fur seal, Antipodean fur seal, or long-nosed fur seal) is a species of fur seal found mainly...
24 KB (2,810 words) - 02:12, 22 March 2024
The Juan Fernández fur seal (Arctocephalus philippii) is the second smallest of the fur seals, second only to the Galápagos fur seal. They are found only...
10 KB (1,269 words) - 18:30, 7 July 2024
The Galápagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) is one of eight seals in the genus Arctocephalus. It is the smallest of all eared seals. It is endemic...
19 KB (2,580 words) - 09:05, 16 April 2024
close to the Antarctic continent and often adjacent to Antarctic bases. It is the only species in the genus Leptonychotes. Weddell seals measure about...
29 KB (3,371 words) - 18:47, 7 July 2024
Southern Ocean (redirect from Antarctic Ocean)
chinstrap penguins, and gentoo penguins also breed in the Antarctic. The Antarctic fur seal was very heavily hunted in the 18th and 19th centuries for...
114 KB (14,714 words) - 01:46, 25 September 2024
are sometimes called crawling seals to distinguish them from the fur seals and sea lions of the family Otariidae. Seals live in the oceans of both hemispheres...
24 KB (2,036 words) - 22:13, 19 September 2024
The South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) breeds on the coasts of Peru, Chile, the Falkland Islands, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. The total...
6 KB (727 words) - 17:07, 16 April 2024
northern part of the Antarctic Peninsula as Graham Land. The first European to land on the continent is also disputed. A 19th-century seal hunter, John Davis...
49 KB (5,766 words) - 08:31, 7 October 2024
The Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi) is one of eight members of the fur seal genus Arctocephalus. They are the northernmost member of this...
10 KB (1,204 words) - 02:18, 22 March 2024
Antarctica and breed on pack ice or shore-fast ice. Antarctic fur seals and southern elephant seals, in contrast, while doing much of their feeding at...
10 KB (838 words) - 06:00, 29 June 2024
The grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) is a large seal of the family Phocidae, which are commonly referred to as "true seals" or "earless seals". The only...
31 KB (3,468 words) - 19:18, 20 September 2024
Scotia Sea (category Antarctic region)
Seals include the Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) and sub-Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) in large numbers, leopard seal (Hydrurga...
6 KB (682 words) - 03:31, 7 September 2024
Elephant seals or sea elephants are very large, oceangoing earless seals in the genus Mirounga. Both species, the northern elephant seal (M. angustirostris)...
32 KB (3,529 words) - 05:34, 12 October 2024
Hawaiian monk seal is one of two extant monk seal species; the other is the Mediterranean monk seal. A third species, the Caribbean monk seal, is extinct...
41 KB (4,424 words) - 20:10, 7 October 2024
Baikal seal, Lake Baikal seal or nerpa (Pusa sibirica) is a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. Like the Caspian seal, it...
19 KB (2,508 words) - 06:28, 9 July 2024
The hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) is a large phocid found only in the central and western North Atlantic, ranging from Svalbard in the east to the...
24 KB (2,812 words) - 23:45, 1 August 2024
Sable (section History of fur use and status)
and litters typically have two or three offspring. Sable fur has been highly valued in the fur trade since the early Middle Ages, and its popularity has...
20 KB (2,622 words) - 17:13, 17 September 2024
carcinophagus Crabeater seal Ommatophoca rossi Ross seal Arctocephalus sp. Southern fur seals At the time of creation, all fur seals in the Antarctic area where in...
8 KB (643 words) - 13:59, 28 July 2024