Short Communication

Vagrant Subantarctic fur seal in the Mayumba National Park, Gabon

Published in: African Zoology
Volume 46 , issue 1 , 2011 , pages: 185–187

DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2011.11407492

Author(s): R. Zanre Mayumba Project Manager, Wildlife Conservation Society, Gabon , M. N. Bester Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa

Keywords: Arctocephalus tropicalis , Gabon , vagrant , dispersion

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Abstract

A vagrant adult male Subantarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis was seen and photographed on the beach in Mayumba National Park in the Gabonese Republic. This is the northern most sighting on record for the species. The likely source of the vagrant is the population at Gough Island, South Atlantic.

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