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--> FAMILY Otariidae
--> 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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