Otaria flavescens - #593
South American Sea Lion
Bull and harem. 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, Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic
Image Date
1974
Photographer
KJ Raedeke