Antarctic fur seal

Antarctic fur seal
Male Antarctic fur seal on South Georgia
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Clade: Pinnipedia
Family: Otariidae
Genus: Arctocephalus
Species:
A. gazella
Binomial name
Arctocephalus gazella
Peters, 1875
Antarctic fur seal range

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. Despite what its name suggests, the Antarctic fur seal is mostly distributed in Subantarctic islands[3] and its scientific name is thought to have come from the German vessel SMS Gazelle, which was the first to collect specimens of this species from Kerguelen Islands.[4]

  1. ^ Hofmeyr, G.J.G. (2016). "Arctocephalus gazella". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T2058A66993062. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T2058A66993062.en.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ Boyd IL (1993). "Pup production and distribution of breeding Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) at South Georgia". Antarctic Science. 5 (1): 17–24. Bibcode:1993AntSc...5...17B. doi:10.1017/S0954102093000045. S2CID 130520115.
  4. ^ Perrin WF, Würsig B, Thewissen JM (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press. pp. 36–42.