What is the approximate size of a fur seal?

Length averages about 1.2–1.8 metres (4–6 feet), but the South African, or Cape, fur seal (A. pusillus) and the Australian fur seal (A. pusillus doriferus) grow to lengths and weights of about 2.5 metres (8 feet) and 300 kg in the male, 1.8 metres and 120 kg (265 pounds) in the female.

What is the largest species of pinniped?

The largest pinniped is the Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), which is found in Antarctica and weighs up to 11,000 lbs.

What is the largest fur seal?

brown fur seal
With the males reaching 2.3 meters in length and weighing in somewhere between 200 and 300 kg, the brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) is the largest fur seal on Earth. On land, their size and weight is apparent as they lumber slowly about. But in the water they become sleek, graceful, and fast moving.

How many northern fur seals are left?

1.1 million
The current population of northern fur seals is estimated at 1.1 million globally, but is declining.

How fast are fur seals?

Antarctic Fur Seals can reach speeds of up to 20km per hour on land. They can reach higher speeds while swimming.

What seal has very large eyes?

Weddell seals
Weddell seals have big eyes! An adult human eye is about 24 mm in diameter, which is about 1 inch or 2/3 the size of a ping pong ball. An adult Weddell seal’s eye is about 50 mm – twice as big, about the size of a hacky sack.

What’s bigger walrus or elephant seal?

leonina of the southern oceans. These seals are famous for being big. They are the biggest of pinnipeds – bigger even than walruses – there being a record of a giant male Southern elephant seal that was between 6.5 and 6.8 m long and weighed over 4000 kg (Carwardine 1995).

What is the biggest walrus?

This Atlantic walrus may have measured 12 feet long and weighed more than 3,000 pounds.

Are fur seals friendly?

This species is an inquisitive and friendly animal when in the water, and often accompanies scuba divers. They swim around divers for periods of several minutes at a time, even at a depth of 60 m. On land, they are far less relaxed and tend to panic when humans come near them.

How big is a Cape fur seal?

280 lbsBrown fur seal / Mass (Adult)

Is a fur seal a sea lion?

Sea lions and fur seals (seals with thick fur that are more similar to sea lions than to true seals) are lumped together in the family Otariidae. True seals, on the other hand, are in the family Phocidae.

How long do northern fur seals live?

Male northern fur seals can live up to 18 years, while females can live up to 27 years. Beginning in May, male seals start returning to the breeding islands. Adult males, or bulls, arrive first to occupy and defend prime breeding territories before the females arrive.