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--> FAMILY Otariidae
--> GENUS Arctocephalus
SPECIES Arctocephalus gazella
Author: | Peters, 1875. | Citation: | Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1875: 393, 396. | Common Name: | Antarctic Fur Seal | Type Locality: | "von Seehunden aus Kerguelenland". Restriced by Scheffer (1958) to "Anse Betsy (49°09'S, 70°11'E)." | Distribution: | Islands south of Antarctic convergence (Kerguelen, S Sandwich, S Orkney, Heard, Bouver, S Georgia, S Shetland Isls). | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Reviewed by King (1959a, b). |
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