Species

Arctocephalus townsendi (Guadalupe fur seal)

Arctocephalus townsendi. Photo: (c) Keana Richmond, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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The Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi) is one of six members of the fur seal genus Arctocephalus. Sealers reduced the population to just a few dozen by the late 19th century, but the species had recovered to 10,000 in number by the late 1990s. Many individuals can be found on Mexico’s Guadalupe Island.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
        Subclass: Theria (Therians)
        Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
        Superorder: Laurasiatheria (Ungulates, carnivorans, and allies)
        Order: Carnivora (Carnivorans)
        Superfamily: Phocoidea (Pinnipeds)
        Family: Otariidae (Eared seals)
        Genus: Arctocephalus (Southern fur seals)
        Species: Arctocephalus townsendi (Guadalupe fur seal)

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