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and l:ill: r wha.le2.
AppaVently, as with other seals, t^:a hi'hest
mortality among pups takes place during trie h,.rem-dwellint; period.
Six species of parasites have been observed in these sealb' internal
or^;ans, but thc;ir lielminthic fauna has not yet been full;/ studied.
The present ntuuber of :,outh African fur seals in all parts
of their range is estimated at 500,000. They are hun'tec:. in sumr:ler
(October and ?lovember) and also in winter (July and Au,r)u.Stj. :.^ach^lox
males are talLen in sum:ller, and pups a few months old in winter. The
size of the annual taka may conjoeturally be estimat•ed at a fevr tens
of thousands.
We do not know of any measures being taken to regulate
the hunting of South African fur seals.
Kerguelen Fur Seal (Arcto:ce^^alus tronica,lis C.ray, 16,'12)
Intraspecific differentiation in tais species has not been
sufficiently clarified.
It has been sugf;•ested that there are two
subspecies, tile limits of whose ranges are separ.ated by the zone of
Antarctic convergence (the zone vrhere co].d. Antarctic waters come into
contact with warm sub-Antarctic waters,.
The nortllern subspecies
of.Kerguelen fur seals, A. t. -tropicalis, lives on i:iie islands lying
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i1ori.ii of the zone of convergence (Tristan (1a, i:unha. Gou`h, Marion,
St. Paul, and Amsterdam lslands); the poutilern subspecies, A. t. L;jzellâ.,
lives on the islands 1.yinj-,- soutri of that zone (South Georgia, South
Sandwich, South Or::.ney, and South Shetland Islands, Bouvet Island,
Heard Island, l:er.gmelen Island, etc., . It has not ben discovered
whether these fur seals make regular migrations within tr,ei.r range
( f' i>; • 32) •
Yher.e is a difïerellce in colourinE; bc Lwuell the subsl)ecies.
In trie nortilerri islands adult males are dar=c--gyr.ey above; tau !,luzzle,
throa.t, and br.east are yellow, a.i,d the belly cinr;a!non-brcwn; t;leir .
lông mane is well developed. '.i'he females have
ricii colouring,
but tue breast is 1igllt--yellow. ln. ttie soutilerl-l islands t,.e females
a7e Uxat^rl^.sil•, re:{ on tue back and sides and i,c:i.I,,e oit the breast.
The male:i of tlla ::9Ollt.lOrn âl'.I)st)ecies .111.v1 :;LL]..L' cL^:
lon;.; mane, l,l:c; ,:airs of vr,licll a i.ick out in all uirec. ^iull;_
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