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SPECIES Arctocephalus pusillus

Author:Schreber, 1775.
Citation:Die Säugethiere, 2(13): pl. 85[1775]; see also text, 3(17):314 [1776].
Common Name:Brown Fur Seal
Type Locality:Unknown. "Diese Gattung findet sich in den levantischen, und nach dem Herrn Grafen von Büffon, im indischen Meere"; see Allen (1880).
Distribution:Two allopatric populations: (1) Southern African coastal regions of Angola (vagrant populations), Namibia (Cape Cross southward), South Africa (east to Algoa Bay) (2) Coastal regions of SE Australia, Tasmania.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Repenning et al. (1971) and King (1983) included doriferus Wood-Jones, 1925; however, Scheffer (1958) considered it a distinct species.
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SUBSPECIES pusillus

SUBSPECIES doriferus

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