RECORDS OF THE SUBANTARCTIC FUR SEAL ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS FROM RODRIGUES AND MAURITIUS, INDIAN OCEAN
A juvenile Subantarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis was recorded on the Indian Ocean island of Rodrigues and two were seen on Mauritius. These records are at least 2 500 km from the closest breeding colony (Amsterdam Island) and are the most easterly by some 1 800 km of all previous records of...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2005
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Online Access: | http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajms/article/view/33152 |
Summary: | A juvenile Subantarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis was recorded on the Indian Ocean island of Rodrigues and two were seen on Mauritius. These records are at least 2 500 km from the closest breeding colony (Amsterdam Island) and are the most easterly by some 1 800 km of all previous records of vagrants of this species.Afr. J. mar. Sci. 25: 403–405 |
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