Galápagos fur seal, Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) Description
English: Galápagos Fur Seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis), male, Santiago Island, Ecuador
Date 23 November 2011
Author D. Gordon E. Robertson https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dger
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galapagos_Fur_Seal,_Santiago_Island.jpg
The Galápagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) breeds on the Galápagos Islands in the eastern Pacific, west of mainland Ecuador. Galápagos fur seals are the smallest of otariids. They have a grayish brown fur coat. Order: Carnivora, Suborder: Pinnipedia, Family: Otariidae, Subfamily: Arctocephalinae, Species: Arctocephalus galapagoensis Heller, 1904.
