Steller Sea Lion
Eumetopias jubatus · Mammal
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The largest sea lion: bulls reach 3.4 m and over a ton, cows up to 350 kg. It lives along the cold North Pacific coasts from California through Alaska to the Kuril Islands and northern Japan, between the shore and the edge of the shelf, pupping from May to July on remote islands and hunting pollock, mackerel, salmon, cod and octopus. Native peoples hunted it for meat and clothing and stretched its skin over kayaks and baidarkas; a subsistence hunt of 300 animals or fewer goes on in Alaska. Hunting for its meat, fur and oil helped bring its numbers down.
- Danger
- Can wound or kill
- How it is met
- In colonies, day and night
- Size
- Large
- In winter
- Active in winter
Where it lives
Rocky Shore, Coastal Shelf, Kelp Forest
Gives
Sea Lion Meat, Sea Lion Hide, Sea Lion Oil
Sources
- Danielle Keranen, Eumetopias jubatus (Steller sea lion). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 2013.
- Steller sea lion. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
- Otarie de Steller. Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, 2026.
- Kelp forest. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
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