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Antarcticfurseal kinggeorgeisland🦭

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SpeciesCarnivoraOtariidae
Carnivores

🦭Antarctic fur seal

Arctocephalus gazella (Peters, 1875)

Kotik antarktyczny, uchatka antarktyczna (Arctocephalus gazella) – gatunek ssaka z rodziny uchatkowatych z rzędu drapieżnych. Nie wyróżnia się podgatunków. Występuje znaczny dymorfizm płciowy z dochodzącymi do 200 kg samcami o porastającej głowę, szyję i barki grzywie i ważącymi do 50 kg samicami. Ciało pokrywa gęste futro, nie obejmujące dalszej części płetw. Większość życia spędza w morzach oblewających Antarktydę, jednak na okres rozrodu wraca na ląd. Większość populacji rozmnaża się na Georgii Południowej. Poligamiczny; po rocznej ciąży, przedłużonej opóźnioną implantacją, samica rodzi pojedyncze młode karmione tłustym mlekiem i kilka dni później zachodzi w kolejną ciążę. Żywi się krylem, rybami, rzadziej głowonogami. Niemal wytrzebiony intensywnymi polowaniami pod koniec XIX wieku, obecnie liczy między 700 tys. a milion osobników.

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Also called
Kerguelen Fur Seal
Conservation status
ENEndangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2026.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
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
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Antarctic fur seal

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Body mass
68 kgrecord 230 kg · SeaLifeBase
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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.

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  • 85 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length
1.63 m
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

By sex

  • Female1.4 mSeaLifeBasev25.04

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Brain mass
352 g
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Maximum lifespan
31 years
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Generation length
9.15 years
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Age at maturity
4.6 years
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Gestation
260 days
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  • 257 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Litter size
1
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  • 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic level
Carnivore
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Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Population density
22 per km²
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Volume l
68 Laverage
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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.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderCarnivora
  5. ›familyOtariidae
  6. ›genusArctocephalus
  7. ›speciesArctocephalus gazella
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  3. suborderCaniformia
  4. familyOtariidae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  12. suborderCaniformia
  13. familyOtariidae
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What it eats
insects and other invertebrates80%
fish20%
In other languages
Antarktischer Seebär (de), Otarie de Kerguelen (fr), Kerguelenzeebeer (nl), 南极毛皮海狮 (zh), os marí antàrtic (ca), Arctocephalus gazella (it) … and 20 more languages
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Antarcticfurseal kinggeorgeisland20090110 IMG 0647 (15474942913)
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