page_title: Fur seal
hierarchical_section_title: Fur seal
caption_attribution_description: Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus), Picture taken at Cape Cross, Namibia, Dec. 2003
context_page_description: Fur seals are any of nine species of pinnipeds in the Otariidae family. One species, the northern fur seal inhabits the North Pacific, while eight species in the Arctocephalus genus are found primarily in the Southern hemisphere.
  Therefore they are not a single taxonomic unit.
context_section_description: Fur seals are any of nine species of pinnipeds in the Otariidae family.  One species, the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) inhabits the North Pacific, while eight species in the Arctocephalus genus are found primarily in the Southern hemisphere.
  Therefore they are not a single taxonomic unit.
caption: one of the nine species, Arctocephalus pusillus
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