External ears (pinnae)
Fur seals have visible external ears, a trait shared with sea lions and distinguishing them from true seals.
Fur Seal
Fur seals are pinnipeds with dense underfur, external ears, and long foreflippers, comprising nine species primarily in the Southern Hemisphere and one in the North Pacific.
ArctocephalinaeNorthern fur seal
Guía de especie
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Fur seals are nine species of pinnipeds in the subfamily Arctocephalinae (family Otariidae). They share external ears (pinnae), relatively long muscular foreflippers, and the ability to walk on all fours—traits they have in common with sea lions. Fur seals are marked by dense underfur, which was the primary reason they were hunted commercially. Eight species belong to the genus Arctocephalus and are found mainly in the Southern Hemisphere; a ninth, the Northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus), belongs to a different genus and inhabits the North Pacific. All fur seals are more closely related to sea lions than to true seals.
Commonly cited pressures include Commercial hunting.
Las opciones de planificación vinculadas más fuertes aparecen ahora en destinos como Cape Town, Bay of Islands, Jervis Bay y países como Australia, South Africa, New Zealand para buceadores que planifican viajes alrededor de fur seals.
Identificación
Cómo identificar fur seals
Los rasgos visuales que los buceadores pueden usar bajo el agua y las especies con las que más se confunde.
