Another species found here is the South American sea lion.

The South American sea lion can be found on its coast.

They often depicted South American sea lions in their art.

South American sea lions have been greatly impacted by human exploitation.

The South American sea lion's size and weight can vary considerably.

In the South American sea lion, there was concern that recent population crashes would reduce genetic diversity.

South American sea lions breed in small numbers on the island, which is a major haulout site for non-breeding animals.

Vester's photographs document, among other things, the threat posed to the South American sea lion.

While pinnipeds mostly hunt in the water, South American sea lions are known to chase down penguins on land.

South American sea lions are observed to make various vocalizations and calls which differ between sexes and ages.

Guanaco Lama guanicoe and South American sea lions are reported in the park.

As a result, South American sea lions have been foraging at higher tropical altitudes than they did prior to human exploitation.

The South American sea lion is perhaps the archetypal sea lion in appearance.

Wildlife includes fur seals, southern elephant seals and South American sea lions.

In Argentina, dusky dolphins associate closely with southern right whales and South American sea lions.

The shoreline area is home to marine mammals, such as the marine otter and the South American sea lion.

Even so, the diversity within the lines allowed great variation in the gene pool that may help to protect the South American sea lion from extinction.

South American sea lions consume numerous species of fishes, including Argentine hake and anchovies.

South American sea lions have been recorded to take advantage of the hunting efforts of dusky dolphins, feeding on the fish they herd together.

Other species known to enter freshwater include California sea lions and South American sea lions.

Otaria flavescens (South American sea lion) lives along the Chilean coast with a population estimate of 165,000.

South American sea lions may forage at the ocean floor for slow-moving prey or hunt schooling prey in groups, depending on the area.

Some species, such as California and South American sea lions, may forage with cetaceans and sea birds.

Studies of South American sea lions and other otariids document maximum population on land during early afternoon, potentially due to haul-out during high air temperatures.

Marine mammals include Commerson's dolphins and South American sea lions that forms colonies at rock outcrops close to the sea.

Harcourt witnessed 102 seal pups attacked by southern sea lions; 26 of them were killed.

The island is home to a wide variety of wildlife including southern sea lions with some visiting southern elephant seals.

There is breeding colony of southern sea lions at the nearby Kelp Islands.

The names of top predators were always given a suitably dramatic pause: “…wolves!”, “…a southern sea lion!”

Their diet consists mainly of small fish and marine crustaceans and their chief enemy is the southern sea lion.

Theie is a small southern sea lion breeding colony and a major haul-out site for southern elephant seals.

Southern sea lion (Otari bryonia)

The diving behaviour of six lactating female southern sea lions (Otaria flavescens) was recorded during 52.4 animal-days at sea.

Female fur seals' responses to conspecifics and to predatory southern sea lions (Otaria byronia) were examined pre- and post-partum.

South American Sea Lion or Southern Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens)

Once I was along on a destroyer for a study on the effects of high explosives on resident populations of southern sea lions in the Falkland Islands.

Mammals here could include Southern Right Whale, Orca, Elephant Seal and Southern Sea Lion.

Our next port of call was the large Southern Sea Lion colony and we sat bobbing on the waves watching and photographing these enchanting creatures for several minutes.

Marine litter is thought to have a role in the falling populations of rockhopper penguins, southern elephant seals and southern sea lions, all of which are of vulnerable status.

The island is known for its marine mammals, including breeding colonies of southern sea lions and southern elephant seals, for which the other islands in the group are haul-out sites.

Around the coasts, southern sea lions and southern elephant seals breed in colonies of up to 300 pairs, and at a few remote rocky sites there are colonies of up to several thousand South American fur seals.

In addition to hosting large concentrations of spectacular marine mammals (Southern Sea Lion, Elephant Seal, Southern Right Whale, Killer Whale), the Valdés Peninsula provides the opportunity to see most of the Patagonian endemics.

The South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens, formerly Otaria byronia), also called the southern sea lion and the Patagonian sea lion, is a sea lion found on the Chilean, Ecuador, Peruvian, Uruguayan, Argentine and Southern Brazilian coasts.

Sofus, the Patagonian sea lion, is to leave Scotland after the death of the zoo’s female, Miranda.

Sea lions: Male Patagonian sea lion Sofus is being moved to Poland as the zoo cannot afford to upgrade his enclosure.

In the wild, Patagonian sea lions eat a variety of fish, as well as squid and octopus and are also known to hunt penguins, pelicans, and smaller fur seals.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, hunting of Patagonian sea lions caused their numbers to drop, but they have now been categorised by conservation authorities as a species of Least Concern.

Playa Patagonia Opened in August 2003, Playa Patagonia is home to an all-female group of five Patagonian sea lions named Atlanta, Milan, Winnipeg, Paris and Sydney.

Patagonian sea lions (Otaria flavescens) appear almost continuously on the southern coastline of the continent of South America, from Peru down to Cape Horn and up the east coast to southern Brazil.

The South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens, formerly Otaria byronia), also called the southern sea lion and the Patagonian sea lion, is a sea lion found on the Chilean, Ecuador, Peruvian, Uruguayan, Argentine and Southern Brazilian coasts.

Otaria flavescens (South American sea lion) lives along the Chilean coast with a population estimate of 165,000.

The diving behaviour of six lactating female southern sea lions (Otaria flavescens) was recorded during 52.4 animal-days at sea.

The coastline of the area is home to South American sea lions (Otaria flavescens) and Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina).

South American Sea Lion or Southern Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens)

We tested the main assumptions of this model in a breeding colony of South American sea lions (Otaria flavescens), a sexually dimorphic, polygynous pinniped.

Its scientific name was subject to controversy, with some taxonomists referring to it as Otaria flavescens and others referring to it as Otaria byronia.

South American sealions Sixty years ago the Falkland Islands held approximately 400,000 South American sea lions (Otaria flavescens), half of the world population.

Population dynamics of Antarctophthirus microchir (Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae) in pups from South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens, in Northern Patagonia.

Patagonian sea lions (Otaria flavescens) appear almost continuously on the southern coastline of the continent of South America, from Peru down to Cape Horn and up the east coast to southern Brazil.

The size of and trend in the South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) population located in northern Patagonia were estimated and changes in the distribution, size, and structure of individual sites were analyzed during the period 1983–2002.

The South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens, formerly Otaria byronia), also called the southern sea lion and the Patagonian sea lion, is a sea lion found on the Chilean, Ecuador, Peruvian, Uruguayan, Argentine and Southern Brazilian coasts.