Steller Sea Lion
Eumetopias jubatus

f8 @ 1/125s, ASA 64, Ektachrome 64 slide film, Nikonos II w 15mm


"Steller Sea Lion," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Steller sea lion, also known as Steller's sea lion or the northern sea lion is a large, near-threatened species of sea lion, predominantly found in the coastal marine habitats of the northeast Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Northwest regions of North America, from north-central California to Oregon, Washington and British Columbia to Alaska. Their range continues across the Northern Pacific and the Aleutian Islands, all the way to Kamchatka, Magadan Oblast, and the Sea of Okhotsk, south to Honshu’s northern coastline. It is the sole member of the genus Eumetopias, and the largest of the so-called eared seals (Otariidae). Among pinnipeds, only the walrus and the two species of elephant seal are bigger.
Edmunds, Washington
 
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