Tristan da Cunha Post collaborated with WWF organization released the stamp featured Subantarctic fur Seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) as one of threatened species on July 12, 2004.The local FDC issued together on the same date as officially FDC by Tristan da Cunha Post.
Arctocephalus tropicalis CrozetIslands male
The subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) is a fur seal found in the southern parts of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.The subantarctic fur seal is medium-sized compared with other fur seals.
Males grow to 2 m and 160 kg, whereas females are substantially smaller. Both sexes have a distinctive creamy-orange chest and face. The belly is more brownish. Males have a dark grey to black back. The female's is a lighter grey.The snout is short and flat. The flippers are short and broad. Subantarctic fur seals live for about 20–25 years.
Males grow to 2 m and 160 kg, whereas females are substantially smaller. Both sexes have a distinctive creamy-orange chest and face. The belly is more brownish. Males have a dark grey to black back. The female's is a lighter grey.The snout is short and flat. The flippers are short and broad. Subantarctic fur seals live for about 20–25 years.
Subantarctic fur seals are geographically widespread.There are about 300,000 of the species alive today, probably substantially down from when they were first discovered in 1810, as they were hunted for their pelts throughout the 19th century.
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