California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus
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California sea lions vary greatly in size depending on the gender of the animal. Females weigh only 200 pounds, whereas males weigh 3 times as much.
California Sea Lion
The California sea lion is a type of seal that lives in cool waters off the rocky coast of western North America. This marine mammal makes a roaring noise (hence its name), barks, and honks.
CALIFORNIA SEA LION
The California sea lion lives in colonies on isolated beaches and rocky coastlines. Active by day and night, it feeds in the ocean and hauls out at intervals to rest on shore.
California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)
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California Sea Lion Range
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Fast Facts
Type: Mammal Diet: Carnivore Average life span in the wild: Less than 30 years Size: 5.5 to 7.
California sea lions are found from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to the southern tip of Baja California in Mexico.
California Sea Lion
Order: Pinnipedia
Family: Otariidae
Genus and Species: Zalophus californianus ...
The playful, curious California sea lions are highly social animals. They live in groups or "harems," with an adult bull and 10-15 cows. During the summer-long breeding season, the animals collect by the thousands on isolated coastlines and islands.
California Sea Lion
General description
Typical coloring ranges from tan to chocolate brown and may appear black when wet. The head has a pointed muzzle and the profile resembles that of a dog.
California sea lions are among the most gregarious marine mammals, forming dense aggregations of a thousand or more animals on land. They also may travel, socialize or rest at the surface in groups of ten or more near haul out areas.
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The California sea lion is probably the most commonly seen pinniped along our coast. It has distinct external ears, large eyes, and elongated front flippers. Its hind flippers can be turned forward under its body, allowing it to walk on land.
California Sea Lion
California sea lions are found along the coastlines of western North America, from British Columbia to California and Mexico. Males are dark brown in color and significantly larger, weighing up to 600 lbs.
California Sea Lion
Order: Carnivora
Family: Otariidae
Zalophus californianus - male on left, lighter, smaller female and pup on right
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California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
This highly social and intelligent species is well adapted to a semi-aquatic life-style. California sea lions swim using their fore-flippers... More 35 Images 4 Videos ...
The California Sea Lion
The California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) is composed of 3 geographically isolated populations numbering between 70,000 and 150,000.
California Sea Lion Zalophus californianus. Accidental. Known from a single observation at Sand Point Light, Mobile Bay, prior to 1984.
Raccoons, Ringtails, and Coatis - Family Procyonidae ...
California sea lions are the only mammals whose milk does not contain lactose.
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California Sea Lion
(Zalophus californianus)
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Adult male California Sea Lions are mostly dark brown with lighter belly and side coloring. Adult females are dark brown or tan.
California sea lions are thought by some to seriously reduce stocks of commercially-valuable fish such as salmon. They also may interfere with nets used by fishermen.
Ways that these animals might be a problem for humans:
crop pest.
Steller vs California Sea Lions
Here's how you can tell a Steller sea lion from a California sea lion: ...
Although considered a subspecies of the California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus), the Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus wollebacki) gets its own page on my site, a break from my normal "species specific" treatment.
as the southern sea lion and is found along the west coast of South America; the New Zealand sea lion which is also known as Hookers sea lion is found around the south island of New Zealand and also the sub-antarctic islands; the California sea lion ...
Steller sea lions are the largest sea lions and are often confused with California sea lions. Steller males are larger than bears, weighing up to 2,200 pounds. They can be 8 to 11 feet long.
The small, dark brown California sea lion, Zalophus californianus, the so-called performing seal of circuses, is playful even in its natural environment.
Six Sea Lion Species: There are six living species of sea lion: the Steller sea lion, California sea lion, Galapagos sea lion, South American sea lion, Australian sea lion and New Zealand sea lion. The Japanese sea lion went extinct in the 1950's.
Pinnipedia, Elephant Seals, Harbor Seals (Phocidae), Stellar Sea Lions(Eumetopais jubata) Otariidae, Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) Otariidae, California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) Otariidae ...
A combination of overfishing, shooting by fishermen and climate change have presumably led to the decline of the Steller sea lion population in Alaska by as much as 80% since the 1970s. In contrast, California sea lions are abundant and the ...
Recovery has been slowed by the growth of fisheries and California sea lion populations, and by gill-net mortality until 1987, when gill-netting was outlawed.
 See also: Sea Lion, Lion, Otter, River Otter, Coyote
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