Callorhinus ursinus - #5551
Northern Fur Seal
Mostly females and young. Adult male at upper left. Brown animals are Eumetopias jubatus, Stellar Sea Lion.
Geographic Distribution
North Pacific coastal regions in Canada, China (vagrant to Shandong), Japan, Mexico (costs of Baja California), Russia (Okhotsk and Bering Seas, Commander and Pribilof Isls), USA (Alaska, Washington, Oregon, S California).
Order/Family
Otariidae
Genus
Callorhinus
Specific Epithet
ursinus
Image Location
USA, CA, San Francisco county, Farallon Islands, West End Island
Image Date
24 August 2019
Photographer
J Hall