| Description | Arctocephalus forsteri, the Australasian fur seal, South Australian fur seal, New Zealand fur seal, Antipodean fur seal, or long-nosed fur seal, is a species of fur seal found mainly around southern Australia and New Zealand. The name New Zealand fur seal is used by English speakers in New Zealand; kekeno is used in the Māori language. As of 2014, the common name long-nosed fur seal has been proposed for the population of seals inhabiting Australia.
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Otariidae : Arctocephalus : Arctocephalus forsteri |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Otariidae : Arctocephalus : Arctocephalus forsteri |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Arctocephalus |
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| Scientific Name | Arctocephalus forsteri (Lesson, 1828) |
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| Name Published In | In Bory de Saint-Vincet, Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. Paris. vol.13 p.421 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Arctocephalus forsteri | species | belongs to Arctocephalus | stated without evidence | Lesson, 1828 | | Arctocephalus forsteri | species | belongs to Otaria | stated without evidence | Lydekker, 1885 | | Arctocephalus forsteri | species | belongs to Arctocephalus (Arctocephalus) | stated without evidence | Trouessart, 1898 | | Arctocephalus forsteri | species | belongs to Arctocephalus | stated without evidence | Scheffer and Rice, 1963 | | Arctocephalus forsteri | species | belongs to Arctocephalus | stated with evidence | Deméré et al., 2003 | | Arctocephalus forsteri | species | belongs to Arctocephalus | stated without evidence | Cullen et al., 2014 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene |
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| Environment | marine (based on Pinnipedia) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | piscivore (based on Otariidae) |
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| Reproduction | viviparous (based on Pinnipedimorpha) |
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| Ontogeny | modification of parts (based on Pinnipedimorpha) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Pinnipedimorpha) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. L. Trouessart. 1904. Catalogus Mammalium Tam Viventium Quam Fossilium, Fourth Edition |
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| Common Name(s) | Australasian Fur Seal, New Zealand Fur Seal, Antipodean Fur Seal, South Australian Fur Seal, Black Fur Seal, Australischer Seebär |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctocephalus_forsteri |
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| Trouessart E. L. (1904) , Catalogus Mammalium Tam Viventium Quam Fossilium, Fourth Edition, 1-929 |
| Allen J. A. History of North American Pinnipeds, US Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Miscellaneous Publications 12, 1-785 |
| Trouessart E. L. , Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilum 5, 665-1264 |
| Scheffer V. B., Rice D. W. (1963) A list of the marine mammals of the world, United States Fish and Wildlife Service Special Scientific Report - Fisheries 431, 1-12 |
| Repenning C. A., Tedford R. H. (1977) Otarioid seals of the Neogene, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 992, 1-93 |
| Riedman M. (1990) The Pinnipeds: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses, 1-439 |
| Deméré T. A., Berta A., et al (2003) Pinnipedimorph evolutionary biogeography, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279, 32-76 |
| Cullen T. M., Fraser D., et al (2014) Early evolution of sexual dimorphism and polygyny in Pinnipedia, Evolution 68 5, 1469-1484 doi:10.1111/evo.12360 |
| Berta A., Churchill M., et al (2018) The Origin and Evolutionary Biology of Pinnipeds: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 46, 203-228 doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-082517-010009 |
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| Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1992) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing - via Catalogue of Life |
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| Rice, Dale W. (1998) Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution: Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4 - via Catalogue of Life |
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Arctocephalus forsteri
