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 * __ Classification: __** Animalia.
 * __ Male: __** Male Australian Fur Seals weighs up to 360kg and is about 2 metres long. They are dark greyish to brown with a paler underside and a dark mane of hair over neck and shoulders.
 * __ Female: __** Female Australian Fur Seals are smaller and lighter than their male counterparts, weighing up to 100kg and approximately 1.7 metres long. Females vary from pale fawn to grey to greyish brown to silver grey, with a pale throat and brown underside.
 * __ Young: __** Young seals of both sexes have grey-brown backs and yellowish belly fur. A layer of fat assists with warmth and streamlining. Young seals leave their mother after ten to eleven months. The actual name for a young fur seal is a Pup.
 * __ Size: __** Adult male seals can grow to 220-225cm long and can weigh up to220-360kg. Adult female seals can grow to 125-170cm long and can weigh between 50-120kg. Young pups continually grow and usually leave their mother after 10-11 months.
 * __ Breeding: __** Females give birth to a single pup which is fed on thick, rich milk. Pups are born in November-December and usually leave 10-11 months later. Once a female gives birth for the first time, she is practically in a continuous state of pregnancy for the rest of her life.
 * __ Habitat: __** In the wild their preferred habitat, especially for breeding, are rocky islands which include boulder or pebble beaches and gradually sloping rocky ledges. At the Zoo the enclosure was different because it had no sea life in it apart from the actual seals.
 * __ Feeding: __** The Australian fur seal eats mainly fish and cephalopods. Of the nineteen fish species known to be consumed, Jack Mackerel, Redbait and Leatherjackets form the main prey items. Of the 11 known cephalopod species eaten, the most frequently consumed is the Gould's Squid.