AUSTRALIAN FUR SEAL

Photographed off se Tasmania.

34              AUSTRALIAN FUR SEAL               Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus

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Found on coast, continental slope and shelf waters of Vic, Tas and NSW. Population 40,000 to 60,000. Eats pelagic and mid-water fish and cephalopods, can dive to at least 200 m.   

Photographed off Portland, Victoria.