Australia · 2000—2026
Australian and New Zealand fur seals
Seals around Australia.
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Far West & Eyre Peninsula 2 reports
Latest: · Coffin Bay
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Months in 2006
Grouped by each record’s archive date. Approximate dates keep their original labels in the records below.
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Date: 2006Reported: Unidentified Shaughnessy et al. (2012), Australian Mammalogy
Observation: The seal was seen again at Coffin Bay on 3 August with a cut upper lip; the paper treats this as one animal.
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Date: 2006Reported: Unidentified Shaughnessy et al. (2012), Australian Mammalogy
Observation: The paper records one seal with pale pelage, which departed on 28 January after moving intermittently to the water's edge.