Otaria flavescens - #2696
South American Sea Lion
Formerly Otaria byronia.
Geographic Distribution
South American coasts of Argentina, Brazil (south from Recife dos Tôrres), Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Falkland Isls. Vagrant populations occasionally in Columbia, Ecuador (Galapagos Isls), Panama.
Order/Family
Otariidae
Genus
Otaria
Specific Epithet
flavescens
Image Location
Chile or Argentina, Beagle Channel
Image Date
July 1997
Photographer
C Smith