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The Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), also known as Steller's sea lion or the northern sea lion, is a large, near-threatened species of sea lion, predominantly found in the coastal marine habitats of the northeast Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Northwest regions of North America, from north-central California to Oregon, Washington and British Columbia to Alaska.
A male California sea lion weighs on average about 300 kg (660 lb) and is about 2.4 m (8 ft) long, while the female sea lion weighs 100 kg (220 lb) and is 1.8 m (6 ft) long. The largest sea lions are Steller's sea lions, which can weigh 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) and grow to a length of 3.0 m (10 ft). Sea lions consume large quantities of food at a ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... allowing for the killing of up to 540 California sea lions and 176 Steller sea lions over the ... WDFW Fact Sheet on sea lions;
Police officer in China fed a Steller sea lion, a near-threatened species, with fish after spotting it on the coast of northern China on July 13. The rare sighting video, filmed in the city of ...
Mediterranean, Northwest African Coast and Black Sea E Saimaa seal: Phoca hispida saimensis: Finland (Lake Saimaa) E Steller sea-lion: Eumetopias jubatus: U.S. (AK) Western Distinct Population Segment only (Alaska), [3] Canada, Russia; North Pacific Ocean E & T Seledang: Bos gaurus: Bangladesh, Southeast Asia, India E serow: Naemorhedus ...
Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus NT (ssp. jubatus - western Steller sea lion EN, ssp. monteriensis - Loughlin’s Steller sea lion LC) Australian sea lion, Neophoca cinerea EN; South American sea lion, Otaria byronia LC; New Zealand sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri EN; California sea lion, Zalophus californianus LC; Japanese sea lion, Zalophus ...
An orca breaching in Hood Canal. The marine mammals of the Salish Sea are numerous and diverse, both in taxonomy and morphology. A total of six species of pinnipeds, eight species of baleen whales, seventeen species of toothed whales, and one mustelid (the sea otter) inhabiting the local waters of the Salish Sea and the outer coastal waters over the continental shelf off Washington and British ...
The most common pinniped species kept in captivity is the California sea lion as it is abundant and easy to train. [153] These animals are used to perform tricks and entertain visitors. [154] Other species popularly kept in captivity include the grey seal and harbor seal. Larger animals like walruses and Steller sea lions are much less common ...