Guadalupe fur seals continue to recover as new colony discovered

(University of British Columbia) Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) have established a large resting colony in the Gulf of California--bringing the total number of sites where this endangered species now occurs to just four. This new haul-out was discovered on El Farall ó n de San Ignacio Island, along the mainland coast of Mexico, according to researchers from Mexico and the University of British Columbia.
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