Antarctic Fur Seal
Arctocephalus gazella
The Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) is a true story of come-back success. During the early and mid 1800s this animal was hunted almost to extinction.
Antarctic fur seals feed primarily on krill, fish, and squid. Birds are eaten occasionally outside the breeding season.
Antarctic fur seals are one of the eared seals from the same family as sea lions, rather than one of the true seals like the common seal seen in the UK. Antarctic fur seals feast primarily on tiny krill, but they also hunt fish and squid.
Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella)
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Leopard seals...Antarctic fur seals...Weddell Seals...Crabeater seals
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South American Fur Seal (A. australis) Â- Australasian Fur Seal (A. forsteri) Â- Galápagos Fur Seal (A. galapagoensis) Â- Antarctic Fur Seal (A. gazella) Â- Juan Fernández Fur Seal (A. philippii) Â- Brown Fur Seal (A. pusillus) Â- Guadalupe Fur Seal ...
Antarctic seals, including the crabeater, leopard, Weddell, Ross, southern elephant, and Antarctic fur seals, are protected by the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals.
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This is thought to be due to the decline of the Antarctic Fur Seal in the late 1700s and Baleen Whales in the twentieth century.
 See also: Elephant, Sea Lion, Leopard, Crabeater seal, Elephant Seal
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