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Galápagos fur seal

mammal

Also known as: Arctocephalus galapagoensis

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forsteri), the Galapagos fur seal (A. galapagoensis), and the Juan Fernandez fur seal (A. philippii), all of which were hunted nearly to the point of extinction, have been protected by law.
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