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Some facts about the
Southern fur seal
Adult weight : 45.5 kg (100.1 lbs)
Female maturity :1461 days
Gestation : 213 days
Weaning : 776 days
Litter size : 1
Litters per year : 1
Interval between litters : 365 days
Weight at birth : 3.5 kg (7.7 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 15 kg (33 lbs)
Galápagos fur seal
Order : Carnivora
Family : Otariidae
Species : Arctocephalus galapagoensis
The Galapagos islands fur seal, galápagos fur seal is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Gal
A young / baby of a Gal is called a 'pup'. The females are called 'cow' and males 'bull'. A Gal group is called a 'pod, colony, crash, flock, harem, bob, herd, rookery, team or hurd'.Countries
EcuadorHabitats
Marine Coastal / Supratidal, Marine Intertidal, Marine Neritic, Pelagic, Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and / or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc and Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands
Facts about the Galápagos fur seal
You will find that the transalation of arctocephalus galapagoensis is leão-marinho das Galápagos and that morus nigra is black mulbery in the US. (Full text)
1. Arctocephalus, genus Arctocephalus -- (fur seals)Arctocephalus
genus Arctocephalus
(Source WordNet)