Otaria flavescens - #4597
South American Sea Lion
Anterolateral view of skull of adult male. Formerly Otaria byronia.
Geographic Distribution
South American coasts of Argentina, Brazil (south from Recife dos Tôrres), Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Falkland Isls. Vagrant populations occasionally in Columbia, Ecuador (Galapagos Isls), Panama.
Order/Family
Otariidae
Genus
Otaria
Specific Epithet
flavescens
Image Location
USA, OK, Oklahoma City, Museum of Osteology
Image Date
6 June 2014
Photographer
DG Huckaby