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Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)

Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)

About Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Mammals
  • Order: Carnivorans
  • Family: Otariidae

The northern fur seal is an eared seal found along the north Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, and the Sea of Okhotsk. It is the largest member of the fur seal subfamily (Arctocephalinae) and the only living species in the genus Callorhinus. A single fossil species, Callorhinus gilmorei, is known from the Pliocene of Japan and western North America.

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 2007-09-23

    Monterey Bay, United States of America
  • 2010-05-29

    Saint George Island, United States of America
    Image from 2010-05-29
  • 2013-08-18

    Farallones Marine Sanctuary, United States of America
  • 2015-02-21

    Half Moon Bay - Pillar Point, United States of America
  • 2015-08-23

    Farallones Marine Sanctuary, United States of America
  • 2023-10-21

    Farallones Marine Sanctuary, United States of America