New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Hooker's sea lions in southern New Zealand

Graham J. Wilson

Department of Zoology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 1, New Zealand

Abstract The discovery at Stewart Island of a hauling-out ground regularly used by Hooker's sea lions (Phocarctos hooked) is described, and recent sightings of sea lions in southern New Zealand are reported. An attempted copulation between a male Hooker's sea lion and a dead female fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) is also described.

New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 1979, 13 (3): 373 - 375
Received 16 November 1978; revision received 12 February 1979

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