🦭Antarctic fur seal
The Antarctic fur seal is one of eight seals in the genus Arctocephalus, and one of nine fur seals in the subfamily Arctocephalinae. Despite what its name suggests, the Antarctic fur seal is mostly distributed in Subantarctic islands and its scientific name is thought to have come from the German vessel SMS Gazelle, which was the first to collect specimens of this species from the Kerguelen Islands.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2026.
- Body mass
- 68 kg
- Body length
- 1.63 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 31 years
Everything we know about the Antarctic fur seal
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass68 kgrecord 230 kg · SeaLifeBaseCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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By sex
- Female51 kgSeaLifeBasev25.04SeaLifeBase populates Weight independently of Length; the two are not guaranteed to describe the same individual. Verify before publishing.
Figures vary
- 85 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length1.63 mCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female1.4 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Figures vary
- 2 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Brain mass352 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan31 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length9.15 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity4.6 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation260 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 257 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density22 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l68 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Antarctic fur seal yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyOtariidae
- ›genusArctocephalus
- ›speciesArctocephalus gazella
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyOtariidae
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyOtariidae
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