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Galápagos Sea Lion

Zalophus wollebaeki

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ecuador.January 311, February 182, March 313, April 171, May 369, June 335, July 329, August 403, September 148, October 192, November 181, December 201.
Ecuador3,135
Galápagos3,132
Manabi3
Colombia2
Nariño2
Costa Rica1
Provincia Puntarenas1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderCarnivorans · Carnivora
FamilyEared Seals · Otariidae
GenusCalifornia, Galápagos, and Japanese Sea Lions · Zalophus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Galápagos Sea Lion with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.