The South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens, formerly Otaria byronia), also called the southern sea lion and the Patagonian sea lion, is a sea lion found...
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Genus Eumetopias Steller's sea lion, E. jubatus Genus Neophoca Australian sea lion, N. cinerea Genus Otaria South American sea lion, O. flavescens Genus Phocarctos...
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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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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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The Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea), also known as the Australian sea-lion or Australian sealion, is a species of sea lion that is the only endemic...
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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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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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Chimento, N. R. & Agnolin, F. L. (2017). "The fossil American lion (Panthera atrox) in South America: Palaeobiogeographical implications". Comptes Rendus...
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The South American foxes (Lycalopex), commonly called raposa in Portuguese, or zorro in Spanish, are a genus from South America of the subfamily Caninae...
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relative, the white-nosed coati. The South American coati is widespread in tropical and subtropical South America. It occurs in the lowland forests east...
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seal and the South American sea lion tend to herd specific harem-associated females, occasionally injuring them, while the Steller sea lion and the New...
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variation in the gene pool that may help to protect the South American sea lion from extinction. In lions, prides are often followed by related males in bachelor...
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Sea Lion Island (Spanish: Isla de los Leones Marinos) is the largest of the Sea Lion Island Group of the Falkland Islands. It is 9 km2 (3 sq mi) in area...
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in length, while the giant otter of Amazonian South America can measure up to 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) and sea otters can exceed 45 kg (99 lb) in weight. Wolverines...
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polecats, fishers, grisons and ratels, martens and sables, minks, river and sea otters, stoats and ermines, tayras and wolverines. Procyonidae, the raccoons...
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North America began to arrive in the Pacific Northwest to trade for sea otter furs. Russian hunting expanded to the south, initiated by American ship captains...
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considered synonymous with the American marten. The American marten is broadly distributed in northern North America. From north to south its range extends from...
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Operation Sea Lion, also written as Operation Sealion (German: Unternehmen Seelöwe), was Nazi Germany's code name for their planned invasion of the United...
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Elephant seal (redirect from Sea Elephant)
2006. BBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2013. "Southern Elephant Seals of Sea Lion Island – A Long-term Research Project" (PDF). Eleseal.org. Retrieved 21...
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centered on Central America (where their diversity is greatest); they entered the formerly isolated South America as part of the Great American Interchange,...
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Cougar (redirect from Mountain Lion)
the panther, mountain lion, catamount and puma, is a large cat native to the Americas. It inhabits North, Central and South America, making it the most...
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around the same size as their American counterparts. It is the largest of terrestrial mustelids; only the marine-dwelling sea otter, the giant otter of the...
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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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331–344 Mills & Hofer 1998, p. 97 "The spotted hyena from Aristotle to the Lion King: reputation is everything - In the Company of Animals". Stephen E. Glickman...
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Stoat (category Carnivorans of North America)
1,200 m) and Hokkaido. Its vertical range is from sea level to 3,000 m (9,800 ft). In North America, it is found throughout Alaska and western Yukon to...
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Cacomistle (category Carnivorans of Central America)
sumichrasti campechensis) Central American cacomistle (B. s. sumichrasti) Guerrero cacomistle (B. s. latrans) Northern Central American cacomistle (B. s. variabilis)...
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Morgan (1985). "A new sea otter (Carnivora: Mustelidae) from the late Miocene and early Pliocene (Hemphillian) of North America". Journal of Paleontology...
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northernmost range boundary commenced on the coast of the Sea of Japan at 44°N, continuing south at a distance of 15–30 km (9.3–18.6 mi) from the coast to...
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