Galapagos fur seal vs goldthread

Arctocephalus galapagoensis compared with Coptis teeta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Galapagos fur seal	goldthread
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Otariidae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Arctocephalus	Coptis
Species	Arctocephalus galapagoensis	Coptis teeta

Conservation Status

Galapagos fur seal

EN — Endangered

goldthread

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Galapagos fur seal	goldthread
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Galapagos fur seal

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.