Northern fur seal: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the northern fur seal lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Callorhinus ursinus
Group	Seals, sea lions & walrus
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Otariidae

Where does the northern fur seal live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the northern fur seal in 3 countries and territories across Europe and North America. In Russia it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the northern fur seal endangered?

The northern fur seal’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the northern fur seal?

The northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Otariidae, genus Callorhinus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the northern fur seal

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Northern fur seal (revision 1380902106), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q7966 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).