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)...
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Three species, the Australian sea lion, the Galápagos sea lion and the New Zealand sea lion, are listed as endangered. Sea lions are related to walruses and...
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currently monotypic in the genus Neophoca, with the extinct Pleistocene New Zealand sea lion Neophoca palatina the only known congener. With a population estimated...
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by the common name "southern sea lion", although it is not preferred since the Australian sea lion and New Zealand sea lion also range in the Southern Hemisphere...
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The Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) is a species of sea lion that lives and breeds on the Galápagos Islands and, in smaller numbers, on Isla...
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Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), also known as Steller's sea lion or the northern sea lion, is a large, near-threatened species of sea lion, predominantly...
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Jade (2016-2024) was a New Zealand sea lion. She gathered media attention in February 2024 after swimming 60 kilometres up the Clutha River, which was...
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was a New Zealand sea lion who in 1993 in Otago became the first sea lion to give birth in mainland New Zealand for over 100 years. All sea lions in Otago...
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California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) is a coastal eared seal native to western North America. It is one of six species of sea lions. Its natural...
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Otariidae (sea lions and fur seals) of order Carnivora. It is combined by some taxonomists with the genus Phocarctos, the (extant) New Zealand sea lion. Only...
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Neophoca palatina (redirect from Pleistocene New Zealand sea lion)
Neophoca palatina, the Pleistocene New Zealand sea lion, is an extinct species of pinniped known from a nearly-complete adult male skull found at Ōhope...
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The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; a short, rounded head;...
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Arctocephalus forsteri (redirect from New Zealand fur seal)
New Zealand sea lions, and possibly leopard seals. New Zealand sea lions are also known to target pups as their prey. Several regurgitations by sea lions...
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American sea lion, Otaria byronia LC New Zealand sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri EN California sea lion, Zalophus californianus LC Japanese sea lion, Zalophus...
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Enderby Island (redirect from Enderby Island (New Zealand))
located at this bay, which is also home to a breeding colony of New Zealand sea lions. Much of the island's interior is bog and wetland, drained by numerous...
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American sea lion tend to herd specific harem-associated females, occasionally injuring them, while the Steller sea lion and the New Zealand sea lion control...
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board a departing circus train. As the circus animals, which include New Zealand sea lion Stefano, jaguar Gia and Siberian tiger Vitaly, are suspicious of...
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Auckland Islands (redirect from Amherst Rock, New Zealand)
species of seal which haul out on the islands, the New Zealand fur seal and the threatened New Zealand sea lion. Southern elephant seals are frequent migrants...
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(2014). Pre-human New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) rookeries on mainland New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 44(1), 1–16. Collins...
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phillippii), as well as the South American (Otaria flavescens) and New Zealand sea lions (Phocarctos hookeri). Genetic studies on population structure suggest...
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Elephant seal (redirect from Sea Elephant)
islands such as South Georgia and Macquarie Island, and on the coasts of New Zealand, Tasmania, South Africa, and Argentina in the Peninsula Valdés. In southern...
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Leopard seal (redirect from Sea leopard)
extremely agile while hunting. They use their front flippers similarly to sea lions (otariids) and leopard seal females are larger than males. They are covered...
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fur seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis LC Australian sea lion, Neophoca cinerea EN New Zealand sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri VU Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx...
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bears, raccoons, and mustelids. The Pinnipedia (seals, walruses and sea lions) are also assigned to this group. The center of diversification for the...
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Lion Rock is a rocky headland located on Piha Beach in the Waitākere Ranges area of the Auckland Region, New Zealand. The rock is located to the south...
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Necrophilia (section New Zealand)
manatees. A male New Zealand sea lion was once observed attempting to copulate with a dead female New Zealand fur seal in the wild. The sea lion nudged the...
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ursinus) Otariinae South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) Neophoca Australian sea lion (N. cinerea) New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) Arctocephalus...
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(Catopuma temminckii) and caracal (Caracal caracal). The spotted fur of lion (Panthera leo) and cougar (Puma concolor) cubs change to uniform fur during...
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would continue to be the most favoured fur in Russia, until the discovery of sea otters in the Kamchatka peninsula, whose fur was considered even more valuable...
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