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Japanese Sea Lion

Mammals

The Japanese sea lion, Zalophus japonicus, was an aquatic mammal of the western North Pacific and its marginal seas, including the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan, especially around the coasts of the Japanese archipelago and the Korean Peninsula. It was treated as a subspecies of the California sea lion until 2003, and DNA work in 2007 put the divergence of the two about 2 million years ago. They bred on open, flat sandy beaches and sometimes on rocky shores. Commercial hunting in the early 1900s cut harvests from as many as 3,200 animals around 1900 to a few dozen by the 1930s, and the species became extinct in the 1970s.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Piscivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Threats
Biological Resource Use 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 2
Living or Extinct
No 2
Conservation Status
Extinct 2
Body Size Band
Large 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Otariidae, Taxa
Source Animal Diversity Web: Zalophus japonicus (Japanese sea lion)
Zalophus, Taxa
Source Japanese sea lion (Wikipedia)

In Biome

Marine, Biomes
Source Japanese sea lion (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Japan

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Source Japanese sea lion (Wikipedia)Article text, range
Quote, Article text, range
especially around the coastal areas of the Japanese archipelago and the Korean Peninsula
Sources
1. SeaLifeBase: Zalophus japonicus
SeaLifeBase
  • Biology
    Feeds on fish
  • Conservation status
    CITES status (Ref. 108899) Not Evaluated
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2. Japanese sea lion (Wikipedia)
  • Article text, sys
    They inhabited the western North Pacific and its marginal seas including the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan
  • Article text, ext
    was an aquatic mammal that became extinct in the 1970s
  • Conservation status, cons
    was an aquatic mammal that became extinct in the 1970s
  • Article text, hum
    They were hunted commercially in the 1900s, leading to their extinction.
  • Article text, range
    especially around the coastal areas of the Japanese archipelago and the Korean Peninsula
  • Description
    weighed about 450 to 560 kilograms
  • Lead
    They were hunted commercially in the 1900s, leading to their extinction.
  • Child Taxon Of: Zalophus, Lead, tax
    The Japanese sea lion (Zalophus japonicus)
  • In Biome: Marine, Article text, biome
    They inhabited the western North Pacific and its marginal seas including the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan
  • In Group: Pinnipeds (Seals, Sea Lions and the Walrus), Article text, grp
    The Japanese sea lion (Zalophus japonicus)
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Animal Diversity Web: Zalophus japonicus (Japanese sea lion)
Animal Diversity WebChild Taxon Of: Otariidae, Scientific Classification
Quote, Child Taxon Of: Otariidae, Scientific Classification
Family Otariidae (fur seals and sea lions)
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