Species profile—Arctocephalus forsteri (New Zealand fur seal)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Otariidae (eared seals) → Arctocephalus forsteri (New Zealand fur seal)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Otariidae (eared seals)
- Scientific name
- Arctocephalus forsteri (Lesson, 1828)
- Common name
- New Zealand fur seal
- WildNet taxon ID
- 26889
- Synonym(s)
- Otaria forsteri
- Alternate name(s)
- New Zealand fur-seal
long-nosed fur-seal
South Australian fur-seal - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=26889.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
