Northern Sea Lion
Eumetopias jubatus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 5,511
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
Description
The Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), also known as Steller's sea lion or the northern sea lion, is a large, near-threatened species of sea lion, predominantly found in the coastal marine habitats of the northeast Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Northwest regions of North America, from north-central California to Oregon, Washington and British Columbia to Alaska. Its range continues across the Northern Pacific and the Aleutian Islands, all the way to Kamchatka, Magadan Oblast, and the Sea of Okhotsk, south to Honshu's northern coastline. It is the sole member of the genus Eumetopias, and…
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Steller sea lion”.