Subantarctic Fur Seal
Arctocephalus tropicalis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
The subantarctic fur seal is a species of eared seal found in the southern parts of the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans. It was first described by Gray in 1872 from a specimen recovered in northern Australia—hence the inappropriate specific name tropicalis.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Otariidae
- Genus
- Arctocephalus