🦭
California sea lion
Zalophus californianus
Carnivores · Least concern
vs
🦈
Sharks
Selachimorpha
Fish
average across the group
One clip names both of them
126 views between them.
Sharks outweigh California sea lion 34× — 5,366 kg against 159 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
159 kg
🦭 California sea lion · COMBINE
5,366 kg
🦈 Sharks · group average
Body length
2.26 m
🦭 California sea lion · COMBINE
6.28 m
🦈 Sharks · group average
Maximum lifespan
36 yr
🦭 California sea lion · COMBINE
46 yr
🦈 Sharks · group average
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Gnathostomata (superclass), home to 90,802 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.