Editing Arctocephalus forsteri (section)

==Description==
Males have been reported as large as {{cvt|160|kg}}; their average weight is about {{cvt|126|kg}}.<ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021" /><ref name=adv>Harcourt, R.G., (2001). [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03014223.2001.9517644 "Advances in New Zealand mammalogy 1990–2000: Pinnipeds"]. ''Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand'', Retrieved 6 October 2011</ref> Males can be {{cvt|2|m}} long. Females are between 30 and 50&nbsp;kg (66-110 lbs) on average, and can be as long as {{cvt|1.5|m}}. Newborn pups are 3.3–3.9&nbsp;kg (7.3-8.6 lbs) on average, and between 40 and 55&nbsp;cm (1.3-1.8 ft) long. At 290 days old males are about {{cvt|14.1|kg}}, and females are about {{cvt|12.6|kg}}.<ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021" /> Like other [[eared seal|otariids]], they have external ears and hind flippers that rotate forward, which visibly distinguish them from [[Earless seal|true seals]].<ref name=DOC>Department of Conservation. [http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/marine-mammals/seals/nz-fur-seal/ "New Zealand fur seal/kekeno"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128030515/http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/marine-mammals/seals/nz-fur-seal/ |date=28 January 2015 }} Retrieved 6 October 2011.</ref> They have a pointy nose with long pale whiskers.<ref name=DOC/> Fur seals are covered by two layers of fur. The coat is grey-brown on their back, and lighter on their belly.<ref name=DOC/> Some have white tips on longer upper hairs, which can give them a silver-like appearance.<ref name=DOC/>

So called "Upland Seals" once found on [[Antipodes Islands]] and [[Macquarie Island]] have been claimed as a distinct subspecies with thicker furs by scientists although it is unclear whether these seals were genetically distinct.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/03014223.1994.9517473 | volume=24 | issue=3 | title="The upland seal" of the Antipodes and Macquarie Islands: A historian's perspective | year=1994 | journal=Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand | pages=289–295 | last1 = Richards | first1 = Rhys| doi-access=free | bibcode=1994JRSNZ..24..289R }}</ref>