lobo fino y lobo chusco (marinos)

English translation: South American fur seal / Southern fur seal and South American sea lion / Southern sea lion

00:36 Aug 8, 2011
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Zoology / lobo fino y lobo chusco (marinos)
Spanish term or phrase: lobo fino y lobo chusco (marinos)
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¿Cuál es la traducción de lobo fino y lobo chusco al inglés? Se trata de lobos marinos. Muchas gracias:

“También se pueden apreciar pingüinos peruanos (en peligro de extinción). Igualmente, las Islas X se constituyen en el refugio de dos variedades de lobos marinos (lobos finos y lobos chuscos) y otros mamíferos.”

Giovanni VL
Giovanni Castaneda
Peru
Local time: 12:17
English translation:South American fur seal / Southern fur seal and South American sea lion / Southern sea lion
Explanation:
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Southern Sea lion is also known as the Maned seal, Patagonian sea lion.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/South_American_Sea_Lion

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Local time: 18:17
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4 +3South American fur seal / Southern fur seal and South American sea lion / Southern sea lion
Stephen D
3slender seal and ordinary seal (marine)
Michael Powers (PhD)
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fur seal / South American sea lion
Charles Davis

  

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slender seal and ordinary seal (marine)


Explanation:
"lobo de mar" is "seal" in Chile, so it probably is in Peru, also

"fino" often means "slender" and "chuso" can mean "ordinary"

Mike

Michael Powers (PhD)
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South American fur seal / Southern fur seal and South American sea lion / Southern sea lion


Explanation:
This is what I found...

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Note added at 16 mins (2011-08-08 00:52:36 GMT)
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Southern Sea lion is also known as the Maned seal, Patagonian sea lion.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/South_American_Sea_Lion

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    Reference: http://www.tierramerica.info/nota.php?lang=eng&idnews=1715
    Reference: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/175.shtml
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agree  Charles Davis
20 mins
  -> Thanks Charles

agree  Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Alistair

agree  Lafayette Eaton: I recently translated a workshop on O. flavescens. The best names are Southern fur seal and South American sea lion
1 day 39 mins
  -> Thanks for confirming Lafayette
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Reference comments


34 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: fur seal / South American sea lion

Reference information:
Steve puso su respuesta mientras yo preparaba la mía; he aquí mis referencias:

Hay varias especies llamadas "lobo fino", pertenecientes al género Arctocephalus de la familia Otariidae, entre ellos los siguientes, llamados todos "fur seal" en inglés:

Arctocephalus gazella (lobo fino antártico) (Antarctic fur seal)
http://www.profesorenlinea.cl/fauna/LoboFinoAntartico.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Fur_Seal
Arctocephalus philippii (lobo fino de Juan Fernández) (Juan Fernández Fur Seal)
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctocephalus_philippii
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Fernández_fur_seal
Arctocephalus galapagoensis (lobo fino de las Galápagos) (Galápagos fur seal)
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctocephalus_galapagoensis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galápagos_fur_seal

Otros miembros de este género se llaman lobos marinos.

El lobo chusco es Otaria flavescens (antes O. byronia), más conocido como lobo marino sudamericano, o simplemente lobo marino; en inglés, South American sea lion (o southern sea lion o Patagonian sea lion).
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17775838/EL-LOBO-MARINO
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otaria_flavescens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_American_Sea_Lion

Charles Davis
Spain
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Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  John Speese: Es exacto que hice yo. A menudo puedes buscar por google y encontrar los nombres cientificos, entonces es facil hacer otra busqueda por el nombre cientifico pero en el idioma de destino.
12 hrs
  -> Gracias, John :) Sí, suele ser el método más fiable, y a menudo es el único factible.
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