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--> GENUS Arctocephalus
SPECIES Arctocephalus forsteri
Author: | Lesson, 1828. | Citation: | In Bory de Saint-Vincet, Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. Paris., 13: 421. | Common Name: | Australasian Fur Seal | Type Locality: | Scheffer (1958) restricted the type locality to "Dusky Sound, New Zealand." | Distribution: | Coastal regions of Australia (Eclipse Isl in the west to S end of Tasmania), New Zealand and nearby subantarctic isls. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | |
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