User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Frontier G Discussion/@comment-4672059-20120915202132/@comment-74.193.207.108-20120915210249

^ The creature is most certainly a pelagus as both it and it's pup are covered in a thick blubbery fur coat like all pinnipeds(seals, sea lions, and walruses). Also it's the first aquatic based creature of the pelagus class.