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Arctocephalus tropicalis
Similar to NZ Fur Seal. Adult males about 130kg. Dark grey-brown but with diagnostic yellow/cream face and bib.
A species that took a hammering during the sealing days. Now fully protected but still recovering. Main rookeries are in the southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans and still only a vagrant in the southern Pacific.
This adult male seen in the Antipodes Islands where it is still only an occasional vagrant.
Spotted on Nov 10, 2013
Submitted on Jun 4, 2015
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