Australian sea lion: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Australian sea lion lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Neophoca cinerea
Group	Seals, sea lions & walrus
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Mass	7.15 kg (birth weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Otariidae

Where does the Australian sea lion live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Australian sea lion in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an Australian sea lion?

Wikidata records the following for the Australian sea lion: mass 7.15 kg (birth weight).

Is the Australian sea lion endangered?

The Australian sea lion’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Australian sea lion?

The Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Otariidae, genus Neophoca. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Australian sea lion

The Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea), also known as the Australian sea-lion or Australian sealion, is a species of sea lion that is the only endemic pinniped in Australia. It is currently monotypic in the genus Neophoca, with the extinct Pleistocene New Zealand sea lion Neophoca palatina the only known congener. With a population estimated at 14,730 animals, the Wildlife Conservation Act of Western Australia (1950) has listed them as "in need of special protection". Their conservation status is listed as endangered. These pinnipeds are specifically known for their abnormal breeding cycles, which are varied between a 5-month breeding cycle and a 17-18-month aseasonal breeding cycle, compared to other pinnipeds, which fit into a 12-month reproductive cycle. Females are either silver or fawn with a cream underbelly, and males are dark brown with a yellow mane and are bigger than the females.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Australian sea lion (revision 1380385724), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q744392 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).