Australia · 2000—2026
Australian and New Zealand fur seals
Seals around Australia.
Follow public seal observations from Australia. Browse published records, explore the places and stories behind them, or share an encounter with the Seal Watch team.
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State markers group published area labels. The South Australia detail groups reviewed coastal places. Markers are references, not seal positions.
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Months in 2008
Grouped by each record’s archive date. Approximate dates keep their original labels in the records below.
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Date: 2008Reported: Unidentified Shaughnessy et al. (2014), Australian Mammalogy
Observation: The 2014 study identifies this animal as a subantarctic fur seal. An adult male was alive in a New Zealand fur seal colony in good condition; the same animal was also seen on 31 January and 1 February. The structured species field is unset because Seal Watch does not offer this taxon.