Pictures and facts about the Steller sea lion

Steller sea lion

Order : Carnivora
Family : Otariidae
Species : Eumetopias jubatus

Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) also go by the name of Northern sea lion, it is the biggest breed of sea lions and among pinnipeds, its bulk size is just second only to the Elephant seal and walrus. The Steller sea lion has magnetized attention these past years due to alarming decrease in so many of their numbers in Alaska's territories.

The adult is lighter in hue than its cousins, range of colors is from yellow to an occasional red. The females are a bit darker than the opposite gender. The male Steller sea lion is just a bit longer than the distaff side and weighs more, from 600 to 1,100 kilograms. The males are also set apart by more pronounced foreheads, flat snouts and curlier hair at the neck.

Range of these sea lions: they are situated from the Kuril to Russia's Sea of Okhotsk to the Alaskan gulf and up to the A�o Nuevo Island. The Steller sea lion from the Kamchatka parts is called to be (under the) Western stock of its kind.

The diet of the Steller sea lion consists of a wide range of fish, mackerel, walleye pollock, salmon kinds, capelin, herring, rockfish, octopus and squids. It is also known that they could eat sturgeon, and very rarely, they feed on otter pups and the Northern fur seals. They have only one natural predator, the orca.

The pregnant female would give birth in their rookery (the birthplace/nest), and after a week staying at the rookery, the female would hunt for food, leaving her newborns alone. After some time, both mother and the young would leave their birth ground. However, since age is very variable for these sea lions, the newborns could stay with the parent for years (4 years had been recorded).

Interesting fact: Cases of a parent feeding her offspring who are at the same time feeding its own newborns have been noted, and this is a very rare action from the mammals' world.

Facts about the Steller sea lion

Steller sea lions are the largest sea

Alaska's Steller sea lions are in trouble.

Because the Steller sea lion is listed as endangered and threatened in coastal Alaska, a scientific permit is required for any research.

Endangered Status The Steller Sea Lion is on the U.

Pinnipeds, including Steller sea lions, are aquatic members of the order Carnivora.

The impact of these predators on the population of the Steller Sea Lion is unknown.

Steller sea lions are caught in the middle of a conservation argument between commercial fishing interests and environmental advocacy groups (Full text)

USFWS Refuges on which the Steller sea-lion is reported. (Full text)

At six months of age, the Steller sea lion is full grown. (Full text)

The Steller sea lion is distributed around the North Pacific Ocean rim from northern Hokkaiddo, Japan through the Kuril Islands and Okhotsk Sea, Aleutian Islands and central Bering Sea, southern coast of Alaska and south to the Channel Islands, California. (Full text)

Steller sea lions are the largest of the Otariidae (eared seals)! (Full text)

The Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) is the largest member of the Otariid (eared seal) family. (Full text)

How many Steller sea lions are there? (Full text)

The Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) is the largest member of the Otariid (eared (Full text)

The North Pacific ecosystem in which Steller sea lions are a part is complex, large, and at times, inhospitable. (Full text)

The Steller sea lion is listed as endangered in the Bering Sea. (Full text)

Food: Steller sea lions are opportunistic carnivores. (Full text)

The Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) is a sea lion of the temperate eastern Pacific, named by George Steller. (Full text)

abstract Prey size selectivity by Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) is relevant for understanding the foraging ecology of this declining predator, but studies (Full text)

Steller sea lions are no exception. (Full text)

The Steller sea lion is a member of the Otariidae family, or eared seal. (Full text)

(additional references)Top Crosswords: Eumetopias JubatusNon-English Usage: "Eumetopias Jubatus" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. (Full text)