#0262 · 🦊 mammals

Long-nosed Fur Seal

🇳🇱 Nieuw-Zeelandse Zeebeer ·Arctocephalus forsteri

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

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 the South and Western coasts and offshore islands of Australia, and the North Island and South Island of 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...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 11,339iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
11,339 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by René Lesson in 1828 (198 years ago).