Sentence examples for fur seal from inspiring English sources
noun
A marine mammal of either of the genera Arctocephalus or Callorhinus of the eared seal family Otariidae, differing from the sea lions in having dense underfur.
The possibility of heightened stress due to elevated population density was judged improbable since the population of Fur Seal Peninsula, the largest fur seal rookery, has seen little growth (1.4%) from 1998 to the present [6].
Other native mammals include the Australian fur seal on the coast, swamp rats, and flying foxes.
The fur seal and the elephant seal are now regenerating after near extinction.
Of comparable extent is the dispersive feeding migration of the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus).
The fur seal industry north of the equator is wholly in the Pacific.
And next there's a fur seal, weaving in and out between the rays.
Gillespies Beach is a home for the only species of fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) breeding on the New Zealand mainland.
Coastal fur seal herds that were decimated by hunters early in the 19th century are now breeding anew.
Fur seal, any of several eared seals of the family Otariidae valued for the quality of their fur.
In 1911, after more than a century of extensive slaughter, the northern fur seal was placed under protection.
Other species, including the once-numerous New Zealand fur seal (A. forsteri), the Galapagos fur seal (A. galapagoensis), and the Juan Fernandez fur seal (A. philippii), all of which were hunted nearly to the point of extinction, have been protected by law.
