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SPECIES Zalophus californianus
Author: | Lesson, 1828. | Citation: | InBory de Saint-Vincent (ed.), Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. Paris., 13: 420. | Common Name: | California Sealion | Type Locality: | "les rochers dans le voisinage de la baie San-Francisco sont ordinairement couverts de lion marins." [USA, California, San Francisco Bay]. | Distribution: | Northern Pacific coastal regions of Canada (British Columbia), Mexico (Baja California, and throughout the Gulf of California), USA (Washington, Oregon, California). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | |
| Offspring: | Synonyms:
gillespii (MacBain, 1858)
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