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SpeciesCarnivoraOtariidae
Carnivores

🦭California sea lion

Zalophus californianus (Lesson, 1828)

Lachtan kalifornský či lachtan tmavý (Zalophus californianus) je přímořský druh lachtana obývající Tichý oceán. Lachtani kalifornští jsou nepochybně nejhojnějšími ploutvonožci, kteří se mohou dobře přizpůsobit umělým podmínkám. Počet žijících zvířat je opravdu vysoký a jejich populace ročně stoupají o 5,0 %. Jsou to velice inteligentní zvířata a dospělé samce lze poměrně snadno přiučit nejrůznějším kouskům. To je hlavní důvod proč jsou častými a oblíbenými atrakcemi v cirkusech, zoologických zahradách nebo v mořských parcích.

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≈ 2.6× your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2026.

Population trendIncreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
159 kg
Body length
2.26 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
36 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the California sea lion

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
159 kgrecord 390 kg · SeaLifeBase
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

By sex

  • Female110 kgSeaLifeBasev25.04SeaLifeBase populates Weight independently of Length; the two are not guaranteed to describe the same individual. Verify before publishing.

Figures vary

  • 180 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length
2.26 m
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

By sex

  • Female2 mSeaLifeBasev25.04

Figures vary

  • 2.4 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Brain mass
391 g
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
36 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Figures vary

  • 36 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length
15 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Age at maturity
5.5 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Gestation
335 days
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Figures vary

  • 259 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size
1
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Figures vary

  • 1.2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic level
Omnivore
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Population density
0.5 per km²
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
159 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for California sea lion yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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More about the California sea lion

In other languages
uszanka kalifornijska (pl), אריה ים קליפורני (he), otarie de Californie (fr), 캘리포니아바다사자 (ko), Zalophus californianus (es), kaliforniai oroszlánfóka (hu) … and 22 more languages

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