Showing Food Steller sea lion
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Name | Steller sea lion | ||||||||||
Scientific Name | Eumetopias jubatus | ||||||||||
Description | The Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) also known as the northern sea lion and Steller's sea lion, is a near threatened species of sea lion in the northern Pacific. It is the sole member of the genus Eumetopias and the largest of the eared seals (Otariidae). Among pinnipeds, it is inferior in size only to the walrus and the two elephant seals. The species is named for the naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller, who first described them in 1741. The Steller sea lion has attracted considerable attention in recent decades due to significant, unexplained declines in their numbers over a large portion of their range in Alaska. | ||||||||||
Primary ID | FOOD00465 | ||||||||||
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Group | Aquatic foods | ||||||||||
Sub-Group | Pinnipeds | ||||||||||
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Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
Kingdom | Metazoa | ||||||||||
Phylum | Chordata | ||||||||||
Class | Mammalia | ||||||||||
Order | Carnivora | ||||||||||
Family | Otariidae | ||||||||||
Genus | Eumetopias | ||||||||||
Species | jubatus | ||||||||||
Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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ITIS ID | 180625 | ||||||||||
Wikipedia ID | Steller sea lion | ||||||||||
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Content Reference | — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. |