#0280 · 🦊 mammals

South American Sea Lion

🇳🇱 Manenrob ·Otaria flavescens

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Sebastián Lescano · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Carlos Olavarria · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Diego Carús · CC0
4. © Gonzalo Bravo · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Noam Markus · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Joey Santore · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Sergey Pisarevskiy · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © Enzo Bonanno · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Jeremy Barker · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The South American sea lion ( Otaria flavescens , formerly Otaria byronia ), also called the southern sea lion and the Patagonian sea lion , is a sea lion found on the Ecuadorian, Peruvian, Chilean, Argentinean, Uruguayan, and Southern Brazilian coasts. It is the only member of the genus Otaria . Its scientific name was subject to controversy, with some taxonomists referring to it as Otaria flavescens and others referring to it as Otaria byronia . The former eventually won out, although...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,630iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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.
8,630 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by George Shaw in 1800 (226 years ago).