Seals (Pinnipedia) at Norfolk Island, south-west Pacific
Peter D. Shaughnessy A C and Margaret Christian B
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A South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
B PO Box 999, Norfolk Island, south-west Pacific.
C Corresponding author. Email: peter.shaughnessy@samuseum.sa.gov.au
Australian Mammalogy 38(2) 234-236 https://doi.org/10.1071/AM15035
Submitted: 4 September 2015 Accepted: 16 November 2015 Published: 11 December 2015
Abstract
Five seals were observed at Norfolk Island (29°S, 168°E) between 2000 and 2013. Two have been identified as Arctocephalus forsteri on the basis of photographs, a juvenile or weaned pup that weighed 9.5 kg and a subadult male. The nearest known aggregation of these fur seals is at Three Kings Islands (34°S, 172°E), 700 km to the south-east. Because New Zealand fur seals are increasing in abundance in New Zealand and Australia, sightings of vagrant fur seals at Norfolk Island are likely to increase.
Additional keywords: Arctocephalus forsteri, cookie cutter shark, crayfish, goose barnacles, Isistius sp., Lepas anatifera, long-nosed fur seals, New Zealand fur seals, Panulirus versicolor, vagrant fur seals.
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