South American Fur Seal: Arctocephalus australis

Susana Cárdenas-Alayza

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-804327-1.00237-5

South American Fur Seal: Arctocephalus australis

Susana Cárdenas-Alayza

School of Science and Engineering

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Abstract

South American fur seals are sexually dimorphic and widely distributed along the coast of South America. In the past, two subspecies were recognized: Arctocephalus australis australis (Zimmerman, 1783) for the Falkland subpopulation and A. a. gracilis (Nehring, 1887) for the mainland subpopulation. Recently, fur seals in Peru and northern Chile have been assigned to an as yet unnamed subspecies. Based on morphological, genetic, and distributional evidence, some think that A. a. gracilis should be treated as a junior synonym of A. a. australis.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Third Edition
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	905-907
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128043271
ISBN (Print)	9780128043813
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-804327-1.00237-5
State	Published - 1 Jan 2017

Keywords

Dimorphic
Peru/northern Chile subspecies
Southern fur seal
eared seal
otariid
polygynous

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