Otaria flavescens - #448
South American Sea Lion
Oblique view of female with young. 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
1977
Photographer
AH Shoemaker