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	Taxonomy Order (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Galapagos fur seals inhabit the area of the Galapagos Archipelago off the west coast of South America.
		Galapagos fur seals are the smallest of the eared seal.
		The Galapagos fur seal population was heavily exploited during the 1800s by whalers and by commercial sealers.
	www.imma.org /pinnipeds/galagagosfs.htm (493 words)

	Galapagos Fur Seal information
		Galapagos fur seals are less often seen than the sea lions, even though their total populations are similar.
		The Galapagos fur seal is less tolerant of heat than the sea lion and thus prefers cooler waters and shade.
		This is much thicker and denser in the fur seal, consisting of two layers: an outer one of long hairs and an inner one of short dense fur.
	www.galapagos-seniors.com /galapagosanimals/galapagos_fur_seal.html (363 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Galapagos fur seal
		These are the smallest of all fur seals, but have the longest nursing period of all.
		Galapagos fur seals hunt during the night and feed on fish, squid and octopus.
		Galapagos fur seals have the longest nursing period of all fur seals, and pups remain with their mother for 1-3 years.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/173.shtml (180 words)

	Wikinfo \| Fur seal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Both the fur seals and the true seals are members of the Pinnipedia, which is usually regarded as a suborder of the order Carnivora but sometimes as an independent order.
		However, the fur seals, like their close relatives the sea lions, retain some ability to walk on land as their hind limbs can be brought forward under the body to bear the animal's weight, and retain small but visible external ears.
		The fur seals and the sea lions as a group make up the family Otariidae, and are called eared seals or walking seals to distinguish them from the earless true seals of the family Phocidae.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Fur_seal (207 words)

	Galapagos Sea Lions and Fur Seals
		Sea Lions and Fur Seals are fin-footed mammals with amazing abilities in water.
		Seals are born on land and are taught to swim by their mothers.
		The Galapagos Fur Seal is the smallest of the Southern Fur Seal reaching a length of up to 5 feet at maturity.
	www.galapagosonline.com /nathistory/wildlife/animals/seal.htm (594 words)

	Galapagos Islands aquatic mammals, fur seal
		Galapagos fur seals (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) inhabit the area of the Galapagos Archipelago off the west coast of South America.
		Galapagos fur seals prefer rocky shores with boulders, ledges and spaces between boulders where they can escape from the sun.
		This is much thicker and denser in the fur seal, consisting of two layers: an outer one off long hairs and an inner one of short dense fur.
	www.darwinadventure.com /galapagos-fur-seal.htm (295 words)

	Galapagos Fur Seal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Galapagos Fur Seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) is the smallest of all the pinnipeds.
		It breeds on the Galapagos Islands in the eastern Pacific - making it the only fur seal to breed in tropical waters.
		The number of Galapagos Fur Seals successfully bred in a year is very sensitive to El Niño weather events.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Galapagos_Fur_Seal (150 words)

	Seal Profile - Animal Life
		Harbor seals in marinas sometimes have a reddish coat, instead of their natural dark brownish-fl coats, probably due to the minerals injested from pollutants.
		Guadalupe fur seal: (their latin name means "bear headed") Also Endangered, with only 3,200 left in the wild.
		As open ocean seals, they can't get up onto rocks to rest, so they have developed a behavior called "jug handling", in which they pull their front and back flippers out of the water while bobbing on the surface.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art28376.asp (636 words)

	Wildlife of the Islands: Marine Life
		The Galapagos fur seal is little-known because it lives only on the Galapagos Islands.
		It is the smallest of all fur seal species, growing to only about five feet in length.
		Sealers nearly exterminated the Galapagos fur seal population permanently by slaughtering untold thousands in the 18th and 19th centuries.
	www.pbs.org /safarchive/5_cool/galapagos/g23b_biology.html (508 words)

	Galapagos Sea Lion
		The Galapagos Sea Lion despite being smaller than its Californian relatives, a full-grown male is a magnificent creature, weighing up to 250 kg.
		The Galapagos sea lion males differ from the more graceful females in being much larger, having a characteristic "bump" on the forehead, and having a massive, thick, neck.
		The Galapagos sea lions are common in the islands where there are sandy beaches and gentle rocky shores.
	www.galapagos-islands.com /galapagosanimals/galapagos_sea_lion.html (553 words)

	Galapagos Islands Santiago Island - Cruises for your next Galapagos Vacation Tours
		Fur Seals and Sea Lions can be seen swimming in the rocky lava ringed pools.
		Fur seals were once hunted to near extinction for their coats.
		The Galapagos Fur Seal is the smallest of the Fur Seals found in the Southern Hemisphere, now compare in numbers with the sea lions.
	www.galapagos-travels.com /GPS_Santiago.htm (1391 words)

	Other sea lions and fur seals
		Pups are commonly attacked by the leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, while all age groups are predated upon by sharks and the killer whale.
		The population at Seal Bay on Kangaroo Island is a tourist attraction.
		The Galapagos fur seal is, because of its small population size, still endangered.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/jaap/slions.htm (1931 words)

	Marine Mammal Factsheets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The furred hind flippers of true seals are shorter than those of the fur seals and sea lions, and extend behind their body to provide propulsion when swimming.
		The guard hairs of the fur seals are surrounded by more underfur than the sea lion.
		The walrus is a mix of both the true seal and the fur seal and sea lion.
	www.imma.org /pinnipeds (373 words)

	Galapagos Tourist attractions & Islands cruises, Wildlife, Aquatic mammals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Galapagos Sea Lion: (Zalophus californianus wollebacki) The Galapagos Sea Lion is the largest animal found on land in the islands.
		Galapagos Fur Seal: (Arctocephatus galapagoensis) The endemic Galapagos Fur Seals are the smallest of the world's seven fur seals species.
		The Fur Seals are smaller than the Sea Lions and have a much shorter snout.
	www.cruisesingalapagos.com /wildlife-aquatic.htm (217 words)

	Arctocephalus galapagoensis, Galapagos Fur Seal at MarineBio.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Southern fur seals (Galápagos and Amsterdam fur seals) are the most land loving seals of the Family Otariidae spending only about 70% of their life in the water.
		The Galápagos fur seal is a member of the Family Otariidae (fur seals and sea lions), which includes 14 species in 7 genera.
		Almost all of young fur seals were lost along with about 30% of adult females and non-territorial males and almost 100% of the large territorial males.
	marinebio.org /species.asp?id=293 (1730 words)

	Galapagos Direct Operator
		Darwin's finches or Galapagos finches are species of small finches, constituting the subfamily Geospizinae of the finch family.
		The Galapagos finches special adaptation to various habitats were important evidence considered by Charles Darwin in formulating the theory of evolution; they are a striking example of adaptive radiation.
		Darwin proposed that the Galapagos finches evolved on the islands from a single species of finch from mainland South America.
	www.galapagos-seniors.com /galapagosanimals/galapagos_finches.html (246 words)

	Survivor
		The fragile ecology of the Galapagos Islands is being threatened by outside forces.
		You are being sent to the Galapagos Islands to study the wildlife and determine the factors endangering their survival.
		Your mission is to study the Galapagos Islands and determine the conditions threatening the wildlife.
	www.ccsd.edu /link/LMS/galapagos/survivor.htm (931 words)

	Galapagos Islands aquatic mammals, fur seal
		Fur seals eat fish and squid, leaving the colony at night to hunt.
		There is no evidence to support seasonal dispersal or migration.The population of Galapagos fur seals was estimated to be about 40,000 in the late 1970s.
		Numbers were drastically depleted by hunting during the 19th Century, and the effects of El Niño (decline in fish stocks) have also led to a decrease in numbers.
	www.darwinadventure.com /galapagos-fur-seal-2.htm (313 words)

	Galapagos Fur Seal
		The Galapagos Fur Seal Arctocephalus galapagoensis is found only in the Galapagoes Islands.
		The Galapagos Fur Seal feeds on lanternfish and squid.
		The Galapagos Fur Seal is smaller than other fur seals, the males weight around 150 pounds and the females around 90 pounds.
	www.cat1234.com /id211.htm (61 words)

	Galapagos Fur Seal Project
		These fur seals are highly polygynous, meaning that bulls defend territories, and will mate with multiple females that use their territories, once they come into oestrus.
		Galapagos fur seals have the lowest reproductive rate reported for pinnipeds.
		To help us understand what limits the diving capabilities of young fur seals, we draw a small blood sample from the femoral sinus at the time of TDR attachment.
	www.tamug.tamu.edu /labb/Galapagos/GFSwork/GFS_work.htm (648 words)

	Galapagos islands travel guide
		The Galapagos Islands are located on the equator about 870 km (600 miles) west of mainland Ecuador.
		The Galapagos archipelgao is made up of 13 main islands, six smaller islands, tiny islets, and named and unnamed rocks.
		Galapagos boast some of the most unusual and rare fauna in the world, with many that are endemic to Galapagos and found nowhere else in the world.
	www.world66.com /southamerica/ecuador/galapagosislands (650 words)

	Galapagos Islands Guided Tour - Tower - Isla Genovesa, Ecuador
		We see a few Galapagos Fur Seals in the shade of some caves and get a good view of Red-billed Tropicbirds as they come and go from their cliffside nests.
		In the breeze are many of the over 200,000 pairs of Galapagos Petrels that have their nests throughout the cracks and fissures in the old lava flow.
		We are greeted by Swallow-tailed Gulls, Great Frigate Birds, Lava Gulls, Galapagos Mockingbirds, and a few Marine Iguanas regulating their temperatures with the sun and wind while basking on the lava rocks near the beach.
	www.discovergalapagos.com /tower.html (1002 words)

	Galapagos islands Santiago San Salvador James Galapagos Santiago photos Puerto Egas Sullivan Bay Buccaneer Cove travel ...
		At the end of the circular trail you are greeted by curious Galápagos fur seal.
		Fur seals differ from sea lions in their appearance as well as in their behavior.
		Fur seals are more pacific and their territory behavior is not as strong as the one of sea lions.
	www.galapagosyachts.com /santiago.html (440 words)

	Galapagos sea lions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The overall goal is to determine the current state and abundance of the sea lions and fur seals in Galapagos in order to set the baseline for monitoring and evaluating the extent of the fisheries by-catch mortalities, impacts and natural cycles; and to evaluate the interaction related with humans activities.
		Sea lions and fur seals are victims of the by-catch produced by long-lines, nets and other fishing mechanisms.
		The threats to the Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus californianus wollebaeki) and the Galapagos fur seal (Archtocephalus galapagoensis) are particularly significant due to their relatively small populations (20,000 to 30,000 individuals), and their main colonies and feeding areas are in zones where the human activities are developing.
	www.darwinfoundation.org /marine/sealion.html (552 words)

	Galapagos flora and fauna
		Gradually, over many hundreds of thousands of years, animals and plants from over the sea somehow migrated there and as time went by they adapted themselves to Galapagos conditions and came to differ more and more from their continental ancestors.
		Thus many of them are unique: a quarter of the species of shore fish, half of the plants and almost all the reptiles are found nowhere else.
		Charles Darwin recognized this speciation within the archipelago when he visited the Galapagos on the Beagle in 1835 and his observations played a substantial part in his formulation of the theory of evolution.
	www.redmangrove.com /html/galapagos/galapagos_flora_fauna.htm (196 words)

	Land animals of the Galapagos Islands Fact Sheet (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Galapagos Giant Tortoise can have 3 different shaped shells: the smaller saddleback (the shell is raised in the front), the dome shape (a larger and heavier domed shell), and then intermediate between these two shapes and sizes.
		Native and mammals are rare in the Galapagos Islands, and include only those which could make the long journey from the South American continent - bats which flew, rats which probably arrived on floating vegetation, and sea lions which could swim to the islands.
		The ancestors of the Galapagos rats hold the world record for ocean crossings by land mammals, for their long journeys from the South American mainland out to Galapagos.
	www.gct.org.cob-web.org:8888 /landfact.html (682 words)

	Galapagos Conservancy
		Although 95 percent of the species that were here when humans first arrived still exist in the Galapagos, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources lists dozens on its "red list" of threatened species.
		These include the Galapagos hawk and the Galapagos fur seal, along with 57 species of Bulimulus snails.
		Introduced species are the greatest threat to native plants and animals, including some that were brought deliberately by humans and others that slipped in, several scientific experts said.
	www.galapagos.org /news/03_2006_invasivespecies.html (800 words)

	Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - Galapagos
		Unique and fragile, the history of the Galapagos is such that it is a miracle that any of the irreplaceable wildlife of the islands still survives today.
		By 1900, the Galapagos fur seal was nearly extinct, and the shells of the slaughtered giant tortoises littered the beaches.
		The first legislation to protect Galapagos fauna was passed in 1934, but the iguanas of the island of Baltra did not survive the construction of a U.S. air base there during World War II.
	www.seashepherd.org /galapagos (736 words)

	Resources on Antarctic Fur Seal academic institutions
		TEA: Cowles- -- 2.18.2002: The Antarctic fur seal is classified in the family of sea lions and walruses.
		Fur seal pup census, Leg I (Figure 3).
		Hunting: The Antarctic Fur seal was almost driven to extinction by commercial hunting.
	mongabay.org /conservation/Antarctic_Fur_Seal.htm (494 words)

	Galapagos 2002 - Darwin Bay, Tower Is.
		Galapagos 2002 - 17 Feb - Darwin Bay, Tower Is.
		As we walked the trail, very slowly as our professional photographers were burning film at a manic rate, we were gradually higher up and could look down on the nests of birds, as we picked our way around Masked Boobies nesting in the trail itself.
		There were Galapagos Fur Seals and Galapagos Sea Lions around, as well as a substantial numbers of marine iguanas.
	www.iciclesoftware.com /galapagos/darwinbay.html (718 words)

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