🦭Australian sea lion
오스트레일리아바다사자 (Neophoca cinerea)는 오스트레일리아에서만 발견되는 기각류 바다사자의 일종이다. 오스트레일리아바다사자속(Neophoca)의 유일종이다. 오스트레일리아 서부 호우트만 아브롤류스 제도(28°S., 114°E.)와 오스트레일리아 남부의 더 페이지스 제도(35°46’S., 138°18’E)에 분포하는 희귀종이다. 1950년 웨스턴 오스트레일리아 야생동물보호법은 개체수를 약 14,730여 마리로 추산하고, "특별 보호가 필요한" 동물로 지정했다. 국제자연보전연맹(IUCN)에 의해 멸종위기종(EN, Endangered species)으로 지정되어 있다. 이 기각류는 특히, 다른 기각류가 12개월 번식 주기를 갖는 것과 달리 5개월 번식주기와 17~18개월 비계절성 번식주기 사이의 다양하고, 특이한 번식 주기를 갖는 것으로 알려져 있다.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 189 kg
- Body length
- 2.15 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 24 years
Everything we know about the Australian sea lion
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass189 kgrecord 300 kg · SeaLifeBaseCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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By sex
- Female105 kgSeaLifeBasev25.04SeaLifeBase populates Weight independently of Length; the two are not guaranteed to describe the same individual. Verify before publishing.
Figures vary
- 190 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length2.15 mCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female1.8 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Figures vary
- 2.5 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Brain mass403 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan24 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 24 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length13 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity4.3 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation312 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 258 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l189 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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 Australian sea lion yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyOtariidae
- ›genusNeophoca
- ›speciesNeophoca cinerea
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyOtariidae
- genusNeophoca
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyOtariidae
- genusNeophoca
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