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title: "Long-nosed Fur Seal"
description: "Arctocephalus forsteri — Mammals. Arctocephalus forsteri is a species of fur seal found mainly around southern Australia and New Zealand."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/long-nosed-fur-seal
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-nosed Fur Seal

> Arctocephalus forsteri — Mammals. Arctocephalus forsteri is a species of fur seal found mainly around southern Australia and New Zealand.

- Scientific name: *Arctocephalus forsteri*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 11082
- Wikidata: [Q832379](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q832379)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41752](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41752)

## Names

- en: Long-nosed Fur Seal
- de: Neuseeländischer Seebär
- es: Lobo marino de Nueva Zelanda
- fr: Otarie à fourrure de Nouvelle-Zélande
- nl: Nieuw-Zeelandse zeebeer
- pt: Lobo-marinho-da-nova-zelândia
- pl: Kotik nowozelandzki

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (8844), AU (912)

## Summary

Arctocephalus forsteri is a species of fur seal found mainly around southern Australia and New Zealand. The name New Zealand fur seal is used by English speakers in New Zealand; kekeno is used in the Māori language. As of 2014, the common name long-nosed fur seal has been proposed for the population of seals inhabiting Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctocephalus_forsteri

## Photo

![Long-nosed Fur Seal](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-nosed-fur-seal/medium.jpg)

Photo: Timothée Duhamel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96986458

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/long-nosed-fur-seal?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).