South American fur seal
| South American fur seal | |
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| South American fur seal at Zoo Landau | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Clade: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Otariidae |
| Genus: | Arctocephalus |
| Species: | A. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann, 1783)
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| Distribution of South American Fur Seal | |
The South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) is a type of fur seal. It breeds on the coasts of Peru, Chile, the Falkland Islands, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Campagna, C.; IUCN SSC Pinniped Specialist Group (2008). "Arctocephalus australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
- ↑ "ADW: Arctocephalus australis: Information".
