Antarctic fur seal | |
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Male on King George Island | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Arctocephalinae |
Genus: | Arctocephalus |
Species: | A. gazella |
Binomial name | |
Arctocephalus gazella Peters, 1875 | |
Antarctic fur seal range |
The Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), is a type of seal in the genus Arctocephalus. Even though the name has Antarctic in it, it does not live in Antarctica. The Antarctic fur seal mostly lives in Subantarctic islands.
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