Records of vagrant phocid seals (family Phocidae) and fur seals (family Otariidae) in South Australia (1913-2012)
Citation
Peter D. Shaughnessy, Catherine M. Kemper, David Stemmer and Jane McKenzie (2014) Records of vagrant fur seals (family Otariidae) in South Australia. Australian Mammalogy, 2014, 36, 154-168 doi:10.1071/AM13038 and Peter D. Shaughnessy, Catherine M. Kemper, David Stemmer and Jane McKenzie (2014) Records of vagrant fur seals (family Otariidae) in South Australia. Australian Mammalogy, 2014, 36, 154-168 doi:10.1071/AM13038 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.Description
Two fur seal species breed on the southern coast of Australia: the Australian fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) and the New Zealand fur seal (A. forsteri). Two other species are vagrants: the subantarctic fur seal (A. tropicalis) and the Antarctic fur seal (A. gazella). We document records of vagrant fur seals in South Australia from 1982 to 2012. Five species of phocid seal of the Southern Ocean and Antarctica come ashore occasionally on the southern Australian coast but do not breed there. This dataset is of records (specimens and sightings) of visits to South Australia (SA) by southern phocids from 1883 until August 2011.Taxonomic Coverages
Seals
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Arctocephalus gazellacommon name: Antarctic Fur Seal rank: species
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Arctocephalus tropicaliscommon name: Subantarctic Fur Seal rank: species
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Hydrurga leptonyxcommon name: Leopard Seal rank: species
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Leptonychotes weddelliicommon name: Weddell seal rank: species
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Lobodon carcinophaguscommon name: Crabeater seal rank: species
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Mirounga leoninacommon name: Southern Elephant Seal rank: species
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Ommatophoca rossiicommon name: Ross seal rank: species
Geographic Coverages
South Australia coast
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Peter Shaughnessyoriginator
position: Principal Investigator
South Australian Museum
North Terrace
Adelaide
5000
South Australia
AU
email: peter.shaughnessy@samuseum.sa.gov.au
Peter Shaughnessy
metadata author
position: Principal Investigator
South Australian Museum
North Terrace
Adelaide
5000
South Australia
AU
email: peter.shaughnessy@samuseum.sa.gov.au
Dave Watts
user
email: dave.watts@csiro.au
Peter Shaughnessy
administrative point of contact
position: Principal Investigator
South Australian Museum
North Terrace
Adelaide
5000
South Australia
AU
email: peter.shaughnessy@samuseum.sa.gov.au