🐾South American sea lion
The South American sea lion, also called the southern sea lion and the Patagonian sea lion, is a sea lion found on the western and southeastern coasts of South America. It is the only extant member of the genus Otaria, which also includes the extinct Otaria josefinae. The species is highly sexually dimorphic. Males have a large head and prominent mane. They mainly feed on fish and cephalopods and haul out on sand, gravel, rocky, or pebble beaches. Breeding males typically defend both territories and individual females, though this can vary. Less dominant males may try to achieve success by causing chaos in the group. The overall population of the species is considered stable, estimated at 265,000 animals.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Otaria flavescens yet.
- Body mass
- 208 kg
- Body length
- 2.6 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 29 years
Everything we know about the South American sea lion
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass208 kgrecord 350 kg · SeaLifeBaseAnAgeOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Record: largest individual on record
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By sex
- Female144 kgSeaLifeBasev25.04SeaLifeBase populates Weight independently of Length; the two are not guaranteed to describe the same individual. Verify before publishing.
Body length2.6 mmaximum recorded, total lengthSeaLifeBaseOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female2.2 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan29 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation357 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l208 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 South American sea lion yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyOtariidae
- ›genusOtaria
- ›speciesOtaria byronia
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyOtariidae
- genusOtaria
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyOtariidae
- genusOtaria
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