Brown fur seal
| Brown fur seal | |
|---|---|
| Hauling-out on the Hippolyte Rocks off the east coast of Tasmania | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Parvorder: | Pinnipedia |
| Family: | Otariidae |
| Genus: | Arctocephalus |
| Species: | A. pusillus |
| Binomial name | |
| Arctocephalus pusillus (Schreber, 1775) | |
| Subspecies | |
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| Distribution
breeding colonies non-br individuals | |
The brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus), also known as the Cape fur seal, and Afro-Australian fur seal, is a species of fur seal.