🦭Antarctic fur seal
南极毛皮海狮（学名：Arctocephalus gazella）又叫南极海狗或南極毛皮海豹，主要分布于南极洲水域，其中约95%生活在南乔治亚岛和南桑威奇群岛。它的学名来源于第一艘捕捉到它的德国船SMS Gazelle。 库克船长在1775年探索南乔治亚岛后，提到了岛上生存着大量海獅。
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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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