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Arctocephalus gazella Taxon Id 25908
Common Name Antarctic Fur Seal
Authority (Peters,1875)
Naming Status Currently accepted name
Status
Found in the Antarctica/sub-Antarctic or Southern Ocean (see map of extents)
Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.
Use links to drilldown to other taxa via rank
Kingdom » Animalia Animals
Phylum » Chordata Chordates
Class » Mammalia Mammals
Order » Carnivora
Family » Otariidae Fur Seals
Genus » Arctocephalus

iMAGEantarctica IA4173
Caption:
Tourists (Polar Pioneer, Aurora Expeditions Australia) observing Fur seals

Location: Antarctic Peninsula
Photographer: Powell, Stephen
Date: 2006

© AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2006


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