Species Arctocephalus gazella (Peters, 1875)
Antarctic Fur-seal
- Arctophoca gazella Peters, W.C.H. 1875. Über eine neue Art von Seebären, Arctophoca gazella, von der Kerguelen-Inseln. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1875: 393-399 [396].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀skin, skeleton and soft parts; ♂? adult skin, Kerguelen Islands.Compiled from secondary source:
Scheffer, V.B. 1958. Seals, Sea Lions and Walruses. A review of the Pinnipedia. Stanford : Stanford University Press x 179 pp. 32 pls [72].
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Crozet Islands, Kerguélen Island, Marion & Prince Edward Island, South Georgia
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Pelagic, territorial.
Extra Ecological Information
Males territorial during breeding season.
General References
Goldsworthy, S.D. 1995. Differential expenditure of maternal resources in Antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella, at Heard Island, southern Indian Ocean. Behavioral Ecology 6: 218-228
Goldsworthy, S.D. 1999. Maternal attendance behaviour in sympatrically breeding fur seals, Arctocephalus spp., at Macquarie Island. Polar Biology 21: 316-325
Goldsworthy, S.D. & Shaughnessy, P.D. 1989. Subantarctic fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis at Heard Island. Polar Biology 9: 337-339
Goldsworthy, S.D. & Shaughnessy, P.D. 1995. Antarctic Fur-seal Arctocephalus gazella. pp. 678-68 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Goldsworthy, S.D., Hindell, M.A., & Crowley, H.M. 1997. Diet and diving behavior of sympatric fur seals, Actocephalus gazella and A. tropicalis, at Macquarie Island. pp. 151-163 in Hindell, M.A. & Cooper, C. (eds). Marine Mammal Research in Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons
Goldsworthy, S.D., Hindell, M.A., & Crowley, H.M. 1997. Diet and diving behavior of sympatric fur seals, Actocephalus gazella and A. tropicalis, at Macquarie Island. pp. 151-163 in Hindell, M.A. & Cooper, C. (eds). Marine Mammal Research in Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons
Green, K., Burton, H.R. & Williams, R. 1989. The diet of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella (Peters) during the breeding season at Heard Island. Antarctic Science 1: 317-324
Hindell, M.A. & Cooper, C. (eds) 1997. Marine Mammal Research in Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons
Lento, G.M., Haddon, M., Chambers, G.K. & Baker, C.S. 1997. Genetic variation in Southern Hemisphere fur seals (Arctocephalus spp.): Investigation of population structure and species identity. Heredity 88: 202-208
Lunn, N.J., Boyd, I.L. & Croxall, J.P. 1994. Reproductive performance of female antarctic fur seals: the influence of age, breeding experience, environmental variation and individual quality. Journal of Animal Ecology 63: 827-840
Page, B., Welling, A., Chambellant, M., Goldsworthy, S.D., Dorr, T. & van Veen, R. 2003. Population status and breeding season chronology of Heard Island fur seals. Polar Biology 26: 219-224
Robinson, S., Goldsworthy, S.D., van den Hoff, J. & Hindell, M.A. 2002. The foraging ecology of two sympatric fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella and A. tropicalis at Macquarie Island during the austral summer. Marine and Freshwater Research 53: 1071-1082
Shaughnessy, P.D. & Goldsworthy, S.D. 1990. Population size and breeding season of the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella at Heard Island - 1987–88. Marine Mammal Science 6: 292-304
Shaughnessy, P.D.., Shaughnessy, G.L. & Fletcher, L. 1988. Recovery of the fur seal population of Macquarie Island. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 122: 177-187
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (Antarctic Fur-seal)