New Zealand sea lion: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Phocarctos hookeri
Group	Seals, sea lions & walrus
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Otariidae

Where does the New Zealand sea lion live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the New Zealand sea lion in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to New Zealand.

New Zealand

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.

Is the New Zealand sea lion endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the New Zealand sea lion?

The New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Otariidae, genus Phocarctos. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the New Zealand sea lion

The New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri), once known as Hooker's sea lion, and as pakake (for both male and female) or whakahao (male) and kake (female) in Māori, is a species of sea lion that is endemic to New Zealand and primarily breeds on New Zealand's subantarctic Auckland and Campbell islands, and have in recent years been slowly breeding and recolonising around the coast of New Zealand's South and Stewart islands. The New Zealand sea lion population estimate is less than 10,000 individuals and fewer than 5,000 breeding adults. This number has declined from an estimated population of over 15,000 in the early 2000s, and it is one of the world's rarest sea lion species. It is the only species of the genus Phocarctos.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article New Zealand sea lion (revision 1373464357), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q432513 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).