OTARIIDAE, Grey, 1825

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2014, Otariidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 4 Sea Mammals, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 34-101 : 34

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6604474
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6604421
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scientific name	OTARIIDAE
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Family OTARIIDAE View in CoL

(EARED SEALS)

• Robust, heavy-bodied marine mammals with external ear flaps, body furred except foreflippers, and hindflippers that rotate forward to enable walking; adult males 1-5-2 times longer and 3-6 times heavier than adult females.

• 110-250 cm. View Figure

• All oceans except North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. View Figure

• Mainly temperate and subpolar seas, extending to tropics and polar waters, in estuarine, coastal, and pelagic zones.

• 7 genera, 15 species,at least 16 extant taxa.

• 3 species Endangered, 2 species Vulnerable; 1 species Extinct since 1600.