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title: "Northern Fur Seal"
description: "Callorhinus ursinus — Mammiferi. The northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) is an eared seal found along the north Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, and the Sea of Okhotsk."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/northern-fur-seal
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Fur Seal

> Callorhinus ursinus — Mammiferi. The northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) is an eared seal found along the north Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, and the Sea of Okhotsk.

- Scientific name: *Callorhinus ursinus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1320
- Wikidata: [Q7966](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7966)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41757](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41757)

## Names

- en: Northern Fur Seal
- de: Nördlicher Seebär
- es: Lobo fino del norte
- fr: Otarie à fourrure du Nord
- nl: Noordelijke zeebeer
- pt: Urso-do-mar
- pl: Koticzak niedźwiedziowaty

## Countries with the most observations

US (715), RU (64), CA (11)

## Summary

The northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) is an eared seal found along the north Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, and the Sea of Okhotsk. It is the largest member of the fur seal subfamily (Arctocephalinae) and the only living species in the genus Callorhinus. A single fossil species, Callorhinus gilmorei, is known from the Pliocene of Japan and western North America.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/176504738

## Machine access

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