Steller Sea Lion

• It is the largest sea lion in the world: males can weigh over a tonne and are three times the size of females.
• It was described by Georg Wilhelm Steller in 1741, on the same Bering Sea expedition on which he documented the sea cow that also bears his name and that went extinct 27 years later.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (mammal)

Habitat and environment

Rocky coasts, islets and shelf waters of the North Pacific, from California to Japan

Sexual maturity

4.9 years

Gestation / incubation

9 months

Litter / clutch size

1

Sources consulted: https://www.iucnredlist.org/ | https://animaldiversity.org/ | https://es.wikipedia.org/

The pins mark the parks and dive sites where its presence is documented.