Pictures and facts about the Steller sea lion

Steller sea lion

Order : Carnivora
Family : Otariidae
Genus : Eumetopias

Facts about the genus Eumetopias, the Steller sea lion

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.

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

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)

Steller sea lion are distributed across the North Pacific Ocean rim from northern Hokkaido, Japan, through the Kuril Islands, Okhotsk Sea, and Commander Islands in Russia, the Aleutian Islands, central Bering Sea, and southern coast of Alaska, and south to the Channel Islands off California. (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 lion are distributed across the North Pacific Ocean rim from northern (Full text)

**Eumetopias is for the cranial crest on their large head. (Full text)

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

ANCHORAGE (AP) -- Environmental groups that have won several rounds in a lawsuit to protect the Steller sea lion are asking a federal judge to ban trawling for all groundfish -- not just pollock -- within 20 nautical miles of the animal's rookeries and in some other critical habitat areas. (Full text)

District Court judge in Seattle has ruled that federal protections for the endangered Steller sea lion are inadequate. (Full text)

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

The Caribbean monk seal and the Hawaiian mink seal are listed as endangered, while the Guadalupe fur seal and Steller sea lion are currently listed as threatened. (Full text)

The Caribbean monk seal and the Hawaiian monk seal are listed as endangered while the Guadalupe fur seal and Steller sea lion are currently listed as threatened. (Full text)