Breeding season of the South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis, Otariidae: Carnivora): New data for establishing independent evolutionary histories?

Breeding season of the South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis, Otariidae: Carnivora): New data for establishing independent evolutionary histories?

The South American fur seal (SAFS) is distributed from Peru (Pacific Ocean) to Uruguay (Atlantic Ocean). However, there is a section of coastline of about 2,300 km along the Chilean coast where no SAFS are recorded. Based on morphological comparisons 3 geographic forms have been reported (Peruvian,...

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Main Authors: Pavés,Héctor J, Schlatter,Roberto P, Franco-Trecu,Valentina, Páez,Enrique, Sielfeld,Walter, Araos,Viviana, Giesecke,Ricardo, Batallés,Luis Mario, Cappozzo,Humberto Luis
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar 2016
Subjects:
Fur seals
breeding season
breeding phenology
evolutionary independent units
Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-19572016000200003
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