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California, Galápagos, and Japanese Sea Lions
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California, Galápagos, and Japanese Sea Lions

Zalophus

Zalophus is a genus of the family Otariidae (sea lions and fur seals) of order Carnivora. It includes these species, of which one became recently extinct:

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

California Sea Lion

speciesZalophus californianus

Galápagos Sea Lion

speciesZalophus wollebaeki

Japanese Sea Lion

speciesZalophus japonicus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 41737.