the species have been identified, and no direct recovery actions are being implemented. In Mexico, the Guadalupe fur seal, where the seal was discovered after being believed to be extinct, is protected in the Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve. References External links US National Marine Fisheries Service Guadalupe Fur Seal web page ARKive - images and movies of the Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi) Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Arctocephalus townsendi https://web.archive.org/web/20130915093329/http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/default.html Arctocephalus Pinnipeds of North America Mammals described in 1897 ESA threatened species Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam