SPECIES OF MAMMALS OF THE PACIFIC AREA 101 



The Steller's or Northern Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubata) is 

 the largest of the sea lions. An old male reaches the length of 

 thirteen feet and weighs more than fifteen hundred pounds. As 

 with most sea lions, the females are much smaller than the males. 

 The color varies from yellowish brown to dark brown. Steller's 

 sea lion ranges from northern California north along the Pacific 



Fig. 46 — Steller's Sea Lion 



coast through the Aleutians and south on the Asiatic coast to 

 northern Japan. 



In the Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) the males 

 are easily recognized by their large size and yellow crown and 

 back of neck. The color of the rest of the body is dark brown, 

 growing darker posteriorly. The females and immature males 

 are light brown. The females are about five feet in length but 

 there are records of old males being twice as long. The Aus- 

 tralian sea lion inhabits rocky islands off the coasts of southern 

 and southwestern Australia. 



The Southern Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) inhabits the 

 Galapagos and the Juan Fernandez Islands. It is found also on 

 the coasts of South America, from near the Galapagos Islands, 

 south around Cape Horn, on the Falkland Islands, and north 



