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Australian sea lion

Order : Carnivora
Family : Otariidae
Species : Neophoca cinerea

Did you know you can tell a sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) from a seal because it has got an external ear, seals have internal ears? Sea lions exist near both the antarctic and the arctic. The Australia Sea lions are found only on islands offshore of West Australia and South Australia. The Australian sea lion once bred in Bass Strait but was eradicated by the sealing industry (source). The bulls stay ashore to defend pregnant females. The (non-pregnant) females go out to hunt a wide variety of prey including several types of fish (including sharks), cephalopods, sea birds and rock lobsters. Females also display "fostering behavior", caring and nursing and protecting the young of others at her own expense. She will even adopt it when the natural mother is killed.

Photo by Brian M Hunt. Licensed under GNU Free Documentation License.

Facts about the Australian sea lion

Australian Sea Lion in the news The Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) is a species of sea lion that breeds only on the south coast of Australia.

Distribution and Habitat Australian sea lions are

Numbers of New Zealand sea lions and Australian sea lions are also extremely low, with major declines recently reported in Australia.

The Australian sea lion, Neophoca cinerea, is found off S Australia; Hooker's sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri, lives on subantarctic islands of New Zealand.

Today Australian Sea lions are extinct from Bass Strait. (Full text)

The Australian Sea Lion, Neophoca cinerea is a sexually dimorphic species with the adult males up to twice the weight and length of the female. (Full text)

 Australian sea lions are found mostly on islands off the southern and western coasts of Australia. (Full text)

Conservation status Australian sea lions are considered rare under South Australian legislation where they have received full legal protection since 1964. (Full text)

"The Australian sea lion is an endemic species which we need to take care of. (Full text)

The Australian sea lion is known to feed on a wide variety of prey, including fish, cephalopods, sharks, rock lobsters and sea birds. (Full text)

Australian Sea-lions are opportunistic feeders taking a wide variety of (Full text)

The Australian sea lion is now listed as Rare under South Australian legislation where it has received full legal protection since 1964 and has Special Protected Species status in Western Australia where it has been legally protected (Full text)

Australian Sea-lions are opportunistic feeders taking a wide variety of prey, particularly squid, octopus, scale fish and some (Full text)

The world population of the Australian Sea-lion is about 12,000. (Full text)

Juvenile Australian Sea Lion is in stock and available for purchase. (Full text)

The Australian sea-lion is the only pinniped that is found only in Australia, (Full text)

Other descriptions of Neophoca Australian Sea Lion Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Suborder: Pinnipedia Family: Otariidae Subfamily: Otariinae Genus: Neophoca Species: cinerea Binomial name Neophoca cinerea Peron, 1816 The Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) is a species of sea lion that breeds only on the south coast of Australia. (Full text)

Australian sea lions are known to live for up to 25 years. (Full text)

The Australian sea lion is the most widely distributed and the least abundant pinniped in Australia. (Full text)