| New Zealand Fur Seal Arctocephalus forsteri | ||||
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Kangaroo Island, Australia March 2006 The New Zealand Fur Seal is distributed in the seas around New Zealand and southern Australia. They breed on islands and rocky coasts. |
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Adult males have a large head and thick mane and can weigh up to 200 kilos while a female weighs about 50 kilos at most. They are dark or greyish brown in colour but can look black when wet. A female will have one pup each year and feed it on milk for 12 months. |
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They have been hunted for their fur in the past and are still killed in fishing nets. For more information see the Seal Conservation Society website. | |||
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