Sea Lion
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 A sea lion
rookery at
Monterey,
California
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Eumetopias Zalophus Otaria Neophoca Phocarctos |
A sea lion is any of several marine mammals of the family Otariidae. Sea lions are characterized by the presence of external ear pinnae or flaps, long front flippers, and the ability to walk on four flippers on land. Sea lions are generally found in coastal waters of the temperate to subpolar regions of both northern and southern hemispheres.
- SUBORDER PINNIPEDIA
- Family
Otariidae
- Subfamily Arctocephalinae: fur seals
- Subfamily
Otariinae
- Steller's Sea Lion, Eumetopias jubatus
- California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus
- South American Sea Lion, Otaria flavescens
- Australian Sea Lion, Neophoca cinerea
- New Zealand Sea Lion, Phocarctos hookeri
- Family Phocidae: true seals
- Family Odobenidae: Walrus
A hybrid sealion from a cross between the California sealion (Zalophus californianus) and the South American sealion (Otaria byronia) has occurred. A genetically confirmed Harp seal x Hooded seal hybrid has occurred.