Brown Fur Seal

species of fur seal
Taxon taxon Q466597
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Brown Fur Seal

Summary

Brown Fur Seal is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (472 views/month, #1,500 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Brown Fur Seal's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Brown Fur Seal is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Brown Fur Seal's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Brown Fur Seal is classified within Arctocephalus[6].
  • Brown Fur Seal's scientific name is Arctocephalus pusillus[7].
  • Brown Fur Seal's Commons category is recorded as Arctocephalus pusillus[8].
  • Brown Fur Seal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Arctocephalus pusillus[9].
  • Brown Fur Seal's Commons gallery is recorded as Arctocephalus pusillus[10].
  • Brown Fur Seal's original combination is recorded as Phoca pusilla[11].
  • Brown Fur Seal's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'A. pusillus'}[12].
  • Brown Fur Seal is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Brown fur seal'}[13].
  • Brown Fur Seal is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Arctocéphale d'Afrique du Sud"}[14].
  • Brown Fur Seal is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Afro-Australian Fur Seal'}[15].
  • Brown Fur Seal is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Australian Fur Seal'}[16].
  • Brown Fur Seal is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Brown Fur Seal'}[17].
  • Brown Fur Seal is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cape Fur Seal'}[18].
  • Brown Fur Seal is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'South African Fur Seal'}[19].
  • Brown Fur Seal is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Südafrikanischer Seebär'}[20].
  • Brown Fur Seal is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'lobo marino australiano'}[21].
  • Brown Fur Seal is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'lobo marino surafricano'}[22].
  • Brown Fur Seal's gestation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+1'}[23].
  • Brown Fur Seal's longest observed lifespan is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+32.1'}[24].
  • Brown Fur Seal's taxon author citation is recorded as (Schreber, 1775)[25].
  • Brown Fur Seal's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES[26].

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Classification

Brown Fur Seal's scientific name is Arctocephalus pusillus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Arctocephalus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Brown fur seal'}[13], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Arctocéphale d'Afrique du Sud"}[14], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Afro-Australian Fur Seal'}[15], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Australian Fur Seal'}[16], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cape Fur Seal'}[18], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'South African Fur Seal'}[19].

Identifiers

Brown Fur Seal's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41742[27]. Brown Fur Seal's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37191[28]. Brown Fur Seal's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559194[29]. Brown Fur Seal's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433475[30]. Brown Fur Seal's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180629[31].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Brown Fur Seal include Robben Island[32], a prison island[33], in South Africa[34].

Why It Matters

Brown Fur Seal ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (472 views/month, #1,500 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for it include Robben Island[32], a prison island[33], in South Africa[34].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  26. [27] . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  28. [25] . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [26] . Species+. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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