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South American Fur Seal

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Pinnipedia
Family:	Otariidae
Subfamily:	Arctocephalinae
Genus:	Arcetocephalus
Species:	australis

Binomial name

Arcetocephalus australis
Zimmermann, 1783

The South American Fur Seal (Arcetocephalus australis) is a species of fur seal that breeds on the coasts of Chile and Argentina. There are currently around 250,000 South American Fur Seals.

References

*Randall R. Reeves, Brent S. Stewart, Phillip J. Clapham and James A. Powell (2002). National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.. BooksEnthsiast.com.

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