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Fur seals are distributed worldwide. The genus Arctocephalus consists of eight species, four of which occur in the eastern Pacific. These are from south to north, the South American fur seal (A. australis), the Juan Fernandez fur seal (A. philippii), the Galapagos fur seal (A galapagoensis), and the Guadaloupe fur seal (A. townsendi), which is the only Arctocephalus occurring north of the equator. The northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus, is the only species of its genus.
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Trillmich, F. (1991). Introductory Remarks on the Natural History of Fur Seals. In: Trillmich, F., Ono, K.A. (eds) Pinnipeds and El Niño. Ecological Studies, vol 88. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76398-4_4
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