The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Fur Seal
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Edition of 1920. See also Fur seal on Wikipedia, and the disclaimer.
FUR SEAL, the fur-bear or northern fur-seal (Otaria ursina), whose pelts form the seal-skins of commerce. (See Fur Trade). There is also a southern fur-seal (O. nigresceus), dwelling along the southern coast of South America. See Seal.