Otaria flavescens - #2697
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
Peru, Ica, Paracas National Reserve
Image Date
July 1997
Photographer
C Smith