Hauling-out on the Hippolyte Rocks off the east coast of Tasmania
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Carnivora
Clade:
Pinnipedia
Family:
Otariidae
Genus:
Arctocephalus
Species:
A. pusillus
Binomial name
Arctocephalus pusillus
(Schreber, 1775)
Subspecies
A. p. pusillus(Cape/South African fur seal)
A. p. doriferus(Australian fur seal)
Distribution of the brown fur seal, dark blue: breeding colonies; light blue: nonbreeding individuals
The brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus), also known as the Cape fur seal, South African fur seal and Australian fur seal, is a species of fur seal.
^Hofmeyr, G.J.G. (2015). "Arctocephalus pusillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T2060A45224212. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T2060A45224212.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^"Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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