The northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) is an eared seal found along the north Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk. It is the largest member of the fur seal subfamily (Arctocephalinae) and the only living species in the genus Callorhinus. A single fossil species, Callorhinus gilmorei, is known from the mid-late Pliocene of California, Mexico, and Japan.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Northern Fur Seal being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Arctocephalus townsendi
- Arctocephalus australis
- Arctocephalus tropicalis
- Arctocephalus pusillus
- Arctocephalus gazella
- Arctocephalus forsteri
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Otariidae
- Genus
- Callorhinus
- Species
- Callorhinus ursinus
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