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
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://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.