Original Articles

Records of the Subantarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus Tropicalis from Rodrigues and Mauritius, Indian Ocean

Published in: African Journal of Marine Science
Volume 25 , issue 1 , 2003 , pages: 403–405

DOI: 10.2989/18142320309504029

Author(s): J. H. M. David , L. Salmon

Keywords: ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS , INDIAN OCEAN , MAURITIUS , NEW RECORD , RODRIGUES , SUBANTARCTIC FUR SEAL

Abstract

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.

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