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AUSTRALIAN FUR SEAL FACTS |
Description
The Australian Fur Seal is dark brown to brownish grey with mane of coarse hair. Pups black with silver. External ears visible.
Other Names
Cape Fur Seal
Size
male 2.0 - 2.3m, female 1.2 - 1.7m
Habitat
open water up to edge of continental shelf, large bays
Food
Squid, fish, octopus
Breeding
single pup born. Weaned after 10-11 months.
Range
Bass Strait and coastal waters around Victoria and southern NSW
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Mammalia | | Order: | Pinnipedia | | Family: | Otariidae | | Genus: | Arctocephalus | | Species: | pusillus | | Common Name: | Australian Fur Seal |
Relatives in same Genus
New Zealand Fur Seal (A. fosteri)
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