fur seal
English
Alternative forms
- fur-seal
Noun
- A marine mammal of either of the genera Arctocephalus or Callorhinus of the eared seal family Otariidae, differing from the sea lions in having dense underfur.
Derived terms
- Alaska fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
- Amsterdam fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis)
- Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella)
- Antipodean fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)
- Australian fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)
- brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)
- Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)
- Galápagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis)
- giant fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)
- Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi)
- Juan Fernandez fur seal (Arctocephalus philippii)
- Kerguelen fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella)
- New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)
- northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
- South African fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)
- South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis)
- southern fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)
- subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis)
Translations
marine mammal
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Further reading
- fur seal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Otariidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Otariidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- fur seal at AnimalBase
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