northern fur seal
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See also: northern fur-seal
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]northern fur seal (plural northern fur seals)
- A fur seal of the species Callorhinus ursinus (formerly Arctocephalus ursinus), of the northern Pacific.
- 1859, John Edward Gray, “On the Sea-Bear of Foster, the Ursus marinus of Steller, Arctocephalus ursinus of Authors”, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, page 103:
- Arctocephalus ursinus. Northern Fur-Seal. Adult male grey-black; hair of the back long, black, reddish, with a subterminal band and a short grey tip; under fur short, wolly, red; the hair of the neck and front of the body longer, forming a kind of mane; lips and nose reddish; whiskers very long, strong, white, smooth, tapering to a fine point.
Translations
[edit]Callorhinus ursinus
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Further reading
[edit]northern fur seal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Callorhinus ursinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Callorhinus ursinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons