Otariinae

Sea lion (Zalophus californianus wollebaeki), Punta Pitt, island of San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

The otariines or otariines (Otariinae) are a subfamily of marine mammals also known as sea lions or sea lions. This subfamily is within the family Otariidae in the superfamily Pinnipedia.

Genus and species

• Gender Eumetopian
  • Eumetopias jubatus - Sea lion of Steller.
• Gender Neophoca
  • Neophoca cinerea - Australian sea lion.
• Gender Otariat
  • Otaria flavescens - South American marine wolf (otario de la Patagonia)
• Gender Phocarctos
  • Phocarctos hookeri - New Zealand sea lion.
• Gender Zalophus
  • Zalophus californianus - California Marine Lion (California)
  • Zalophus japonicus - Japanese sea lion (extinct since the 1970s)
  • Zalophus wollebaeki - Sea lion of the Galapagos

Neophoca cinerea