Otaria flavescens - #447
South American Sea Lion
Oblique view from rear, male out of water. 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
USA, SC, Richland Co., Columbia, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden
Image Date
1979
Photographer
AH Shoemaker