🦭Antarctic fur seal
남극물개(Arctocephalus gazella)는 남방물개속에 속하는 8종의 물개 중 하나이며, 물개아과에 속하는 9종의 물개 중 하나이다. 이름에 나타나는 바와 같이, 남극물개는 남극해에 분포한다. 전세계 개체군의 약 95%가 사우스조지아 사우스샌드위치 제도에서 번식한다. 학명은 케르겔렌 제도에서 이 종의 표본을 처음 수집한 독일 헤군 호위함 가첼레호(SMS Gazelle)의 이름에서 유래했다. 케르겔렌물개라는 이름으로도 알려져 있다.
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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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- 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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