#0272 · 🦊 mammals

Steller Sea Lion

🇳🇱 Stellerzeeleeuw ·Eumetopias jubatus

NTnear threatened 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The Steller sea lion ( Eumetopias jubatus ), also known as the northern sea lion and Steller's sea lion , is a near-threatened species of sea lion in the northern Pacific. It is the sole member of the genus Eumetopias and the largest of the eared seals (Otariidae) and is also the largest species of sea lion. Among pinnipeds, it is inferior in size only to the walrus and the two species of elephant seals. The species is named...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,787iNaturalist observations
weight 19.5 kgadult, up to
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
9,787 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs up to about 19.5 kg.
Scientifically named by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1776 (250 years ago).