Records of vagrant phocid seals (family Phocidae) and fur seals (family Otariidae) in South Australia (1913-2012)

Peter Shaughnessy

doi:10.15468/hh5tk3

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 2024-12-12.

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

Arctocephalus gazella
common name: Antarctic Fur Seal rank: species
Arctocephalus tropicalis
common name: Subantarctic Fur Seal rank: species
Hydrurga leptonyx
common name: Leopard Seal rank: species
Leptonychotes weddellii
common name: Weddell seal rank: species
Lobodon carcinophagus
common name: Crabeater seal rank: species
Mirounga leonina
common name: Southern Elephant Seal rank: species
Ommatophoca rossii
common name: Ross seal rank: species

Geographic Coverages

South Australia coast

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Peter Shaughnessy
originator
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