Occurrence of vagrant leopard seals, Hydrurga leptonyx, along the South African coast

• Main Authors: Vinding, Katja, Christiansen, Michael, Hofmeyr, G.J. Greg (Gordon John Gregory), Chivell, Wilfred, Mcbride, Roy, Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Southern African Wildlife Management Association 2013
• Subjects: Distribution; Vagrancy; Hydrurga leptonyx; Seals (Animals); Leopard seal; Antarctic; New Zealand; Hydrurga; Antarc*; Antarctica; Leopard Seal; Leopard Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31800

Leopard seals inhabit the pack-ice rim of Antarctica, and they regularly haul out on Antarctic and Subantarctic islands. Occasionally, vagrants are sighted further north in South America, Australia, New Zealand, and very rarely in southern Africa and Oceania. Here we report on an observation made on...