Species Arctocephalus forsteri (Lesson, 1828)
Long-nosed Fur Seal, New Zealand Fur Seal
- Otaria forsteri Lesson, R.P. 1828. Phoque. pp. 400-426 in Audouin, J.V. & Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. (eds). Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris : Rey et Gravier Vol. 13 40 pp. [Date published 31/Jan/1828] [1822–1831] [421].
Type data:
Status unknown, Dusky Sound, N.Z.
Generic Combinations
- Arctocephalus forsteri (Lesson, 1828).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Macquarie Island Province (24), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, nomadic, oceanic, pelagic, piscivore, predator, rock reef, territorial.
Extra Ecological Information
Diet includes cephalopods, decapod crustacea and penguins, males territorial throughout breeding season.
General References
Beentjes, M.P. 1990. Comparative terrestrial locomotion of the Hooker's sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) and the New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri): evolutionary and ecological implications. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 98: 307-325
Bonner, W.N. 1981. Southern fur seals Arctocephalus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Cuvier, 1826). pp. 161-208 in Ridgway, S.H. & Harrison, R.J. (eds). Handbook of Marine Mammals. Volume 1. The Walrus, Sea Lions, Fur Seals and Sea Otter. London : Academic Press.
Brothers, N. & Pemberton, D. 1990. Status of Australian and New Zealand fur seals at Maatsuyker Island, southwestern Tasmania. Australian Wildlife Research 17: 563-569
Brunner, S. 1998. Cranial morphometrics of the southern fur seals Arctocephalus forsteri and A. pusillus (Carnivora: Otariidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 67-108
Brunner, S. 1998. Skull development and growth in the southern fur seals Arctocephalus forsteri and A. pusillus doriferus (Carnivora; Otariidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 43-66
Carey, P.W. 1992. Agonistic behaviour in female New Zealand fur seals, Arctocephalus forsteri. Ethology 92: 70-80
Gales, N.J. & Lambert, P.M. 1985. Observations on the distribution of the New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) in Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 16: 70-71
Goldsworthy, S.D., Bulman, C., He, X., Larcome, J. & Littnan, C. 2003. Trophic interactions between marine mammals and Australian fisheries: an ecosytem approach. pp. 62-99 in Gales, N., Hindell, M. & Kirkwood, R. (eds). Marine Mammals: Fisheries Tourism and Management. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing.
Goldsworthy, S.D. & Crawley M.C. 1995. New Zealand Fur-seal Arctocephalus forsteri. pp. 675-677 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Goldsworthy, S.D. & Shaughnessy, P.D. 1994. Breeding biology and haul-out pattern of the New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri, at Cape Gantheaume, South Australia. Wildlife Research 21: 365-376
Green, K., Williams, R., Handasyde, K.A., Burton, H.R. & Shaughnessy, P.D. 1990. Interspecific and intraspecific differences in the diets of fur seals, Arctocephalus species (Pinnipedia: Otariidae), at Macquarie Island. Australian Mammalogy 13: 193-200
Harcourt, R.G. 2001. New Zealand fur seal. Advances in New Zealand Mammalogy 1990-2000: Pinnipeds. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand Special Issue 31: 135-141
King, J.E. 1983. Seals of the World. 2nd Edition. St Lucia : Univ. Queensland Press 240 pp.
Lea, M.-A. & Hindell, M.A. 1997. Pup growth and maternal care in New Zealand fur seals, Arctocephalus forsteri, at Maatsuyker Island, Tasmania. Wildlife Research 24: 307-318
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
Lento, G.M., Mattlin, R.H., Chamber, G.K. & Baker, C.S. 1994. Geographic distribution of mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA haplotypes in New Zealand fur seals (Arctocephalus forsteri). Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 293-299
Page, B., McKenzie, J. & Goldsworthy, S.D. 2005. Dietary resource partitioning among sympatric New Zealand and Australian fue seals. Marine Ecology Progress Series 293: 283-302
Prendergast, R. & Robinson, S. 1990. The use of fish otoliths in fur-seal diet analysis. Thylacinus, Journal of the Australian Society of Zookeepers 15: 16-19
Prendergast, R. & Shaughnessy, P.D. 1992. Research on the New Zealand fur seal on Kangaroo Island. Thylacinus, Journal of the Australian Society of Zookeepers 17(2): 13-16
Shaughnessy, P.D., Gales, N.J., Dennis, T.E. & Goldsworthy, S.D. 1994. Distribution and abundance of New Zealand fur seals, Arctocephalus forsteri, in South Australia and Western Australia. Wildlife Research 21: 667-695
Shaughnessy, P.D., Goldsworthy, S.D. & Libke, J.A. 1995. Changes in the abundance of New Zealand fur seals, Arctocephalus forsteri, on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Wildlife Research 22: 201-215
Shaughnessy, P.D., Stirling, I. & Dennis, T.E. 1996. Changes in the abundance of New Zealand fur seals, Arctocephalus forsteri, on the Neptune Islands, South Australia. Wildlife Research 23: 711-720
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
Shaughnessy, P.D. & Davenport, S.R. 1996. Underwater videographic observations and incidental mortality of fur seals around fishing equipment in south-eastern Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 47: 553-556
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (New Zealand Fur Seal)
History of changes
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