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Fur seal
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Cape Fur Seal
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: |
Animalia |
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Phylum: |
Chordata |
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Class: |
Mammalia |
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Order: |
Carnivora |
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Suborder: |
Pinnipedia |
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Family: |
Otariidae |
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Subfamily: |
Arctocephalinae |
Genera
Callorhinus
Arctocephalus
Fur seals make up one of the two distinct
groups of mammals called "seals". Both the fur seals and the true
seals are members of the Pinnipedia, which is usually regarded as a suborder of
the order Carnivora but sometimes as an independent order. However, the fur
seals, like their close relatives the sea lions, retain some ability to walk on
land as their hind limbs can be brought forward under the body to bear the
animal's weight, and retain small but visible external ears.
The fur seals and the sea
lions as a group make up the family Otariidae, and are called eared seals or
walking seals to distinguish them from the earless true seals of the family
Phocidae. The fur seals alone make up the Arctocephalinae
subfamily.
- SUBORDER PINNIPEDIA
- Family Otariidae
- Subfamily Arctocephalinae
- Northern Fur Seal, Callorhinus
ursinus
- Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus
gazella
- Guadalupe Fur Seal, Arctocephalus
townsendi
- Juan Fernandez Fur Seal, Arctocephalus
philippii
- Galapagos Fur Seal, Arctocephalus
galapagoensis
- Cape Fur Seal or Australian Fur Seal, Arctocephalus
pusillus
- New Zealand Fur Seal, Arctocephalus
forsteri
- Subantarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus
tropicalis
- South American Fur Seal, Arctocephalus
australis
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- Subfamily Otariinae: sea lions
- Family Phocidae: true seals
- Family Odobenidae: Walrus
Wikipedia
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