Brown Fur Seal
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Summary
Brown Fur Seal is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,692 views/month, #1,500 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
- Parent taxon: Arctocephalus[5]
- Taxon name: Arctocephalus pusillus[6]
- Commons category: Arctocephalus pusillus[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Arctocephalus pusillus[8]
- Commons gallery: Arctocephalus pusillus[9]
- Original combination: Phoca pusilla[10]
- Short name: A. pusillus[11]
- Taxon common name: Brown fur seal[12], Arctocéphale d'Afrique du Sud[13], Afro-Australian Fur Seal[14], Australian Fur Seal[15], Cape Fur Seal[16], South African Fur Seal[17], Südafrikanischer Seebär[18], lobo marino australiano[19], lobo marino surafricano[20]
- Gestation period: 1 years[21]
- Longest observed lifespan: 32.1 years[22]
- Taxon author citation: (Schreber, 1775)[23]
- CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES[24]
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Identifiers
Brown Fur Seal's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41742[25]. Brown Fur Seal's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37191[26]. Brown Fur Seal's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559194[27]. Brown Fur Seal's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433475[28]. Brown Fur Seal's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180629[29].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Brown Fur Seal include Robben Island[30], a prison island[31], in South Africa[32].
Why It Matters
Brown Fur Seal has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]
Entities named for it include Robben Island[30], a prison island[31], in South Africa[32].