The Guadalupe Fur Seal

Guadalupe fur seals are members of the “eared seal” family, Otariidae. Their breeding grounds are almost entirely on Guadalupe Island, off the Pacific coast of ...

Guadalupe fur seal - Wikipedia

Guadalupe fur seal ... The Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi) is one of eight members of the fur seal genus Arctocephalus. They are the northernmost ...

Guadalupe Fur Seal | The Marine Mammal Center

The Guadalupe fur seal is listed as a threatened species, with a population estimated to be about 34,000 individuals. These fur seals are protected by law in ...

Guadalupe Fur Seal | Oceana

Since they are members of the eared seal family, the Guadalupe fur seal has strong front flippers for propelling its body through the water and walking on land.

Guadalupe Fur Seal (U.S. National Park Service)

Guadalupe fur seals are found in coastal rocky habitats and caves in the tropical waters of the southern California/Mexico region.

Guadalupe fur seal - Arctocephalus townsendi - OBIS-SEAMAP

Guadalupe fur seals have fur on the dorsum of the fore flipper beyond the wrist, proportionately shorter rear flippers that only have moderate length ...

Guadalupe Fur Seal - Ocean Connections

The Guadalupe fur seal is the only Arctocephalus species that resides north of the equator. They are a non-migratory species and their population can be found ...

Arctocephalus townsendi (Guadalupe fur seal) - Animal Diversity Web

The Guadalupe fur seal is the rarest of the fur seals, and it is also the only species of Arctocephalus found in the Northern Hemisphere.

Ecology and Conservation of Pinnipeds in Latin America

The Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus philippii townsendi or A. townsendi) was at the brink of extinction due to overhunting during the eighteenth and ...

Guadalupe Fur Seal (Arctocephalus townsendi)

The species was considered extinct after most of the population was killed in 1928 but it was rediscovered in 1954. The Guadalupe fur seal is now fully ...

The Northernmost and Westernmost Records of the Guadalupe Fur ...

The Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus philippii townsendi; GFS) population was decimated in har- vests for fur by commercial sealers in the late 18th and.

2015-2021 Guadalupe Fur Seal and 2015 Northern Fur Seal ...

The Unusual Mortality Event (UME) involving Guadalupe and northern fur seals that began in January 2015 is over. The event was investigated by ...

The Survival Story of Guadalupe Fur Seals | Britannica

For over 50 years, the fur seals of Guadeloupe were thought to be extinct. But today, there is renewed hope for their survival.

Guadalupe fur seals, Arctocephalus townsendi

Guadalupe fur seals, Arctocephalus townsendi, were nearly extinct in the late 1700s and early 1800s due to commercial hunting. By 1825, they were nonexistent in ...

Guadalupe Fur Seal Predicted Habitat Suitability, California

This dataset contains Predicted Habitat Suitability for the Guadalupe Fur Seal ( Arctocephalus townsendi ).Guadalupe fur seals are members ...

Guadalupe fur seal pup production predicted from annual variations ...

Our results showed that the production of Guadalupe fur seal pups has increased exponentially during the last three decades without reaching an asymptote, ...

Guadalupe fur seal - Center for Biological Diversity

It was thought extinct until a bull was seen on San Nicholas Island, California in 1949, and 14 seals were found on Guadalupe in 1954 [3]. The population has ...

Guadalupe Fur Seal Utilization Distributions, 2018-2019, and 2020

As the population of Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi or A. philippii townsendi) continues to recover, this species, which is listed ...

Population status of the Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi)

The current abundance of the GFS represents about one-fifth of the estimated historical population size, and although the population has ...

Guadalupe Fur Seal Research and Conservation Planning ...

Guadalupe fur seals are well protected at. Guadalupe Island, the only well-established breeding colony for this species, especially following ...