Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Wiki Australian Sea
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Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) vocalizing. Source: http://www-
personal.umich.edu/~popec/images/au_22.jpg Date April, 2002.
Author Cody Pope www-personal.umich.edu/~popec The Australian
Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) is a species of sea lion that breeds
only on the south coast of Australia. Today there are about
12,000 Australian Sea Lions following the introduction of the
Australian National Parks and Wildlife Act of 1972 which
prohibited a harvest that began in earnest as soon as Europeans
colonised the continent. The Australian Sea Lion inhabits the
ocean around Australia, and nowhere else. They only eat at sea,
where they hunt fish, squid, and other sea creatures. They have
front-flippers that allow them to propel quickly through water
and be more agile on land by being able to walk on all four
flippers. The breeding cycle of the Australian sea lion is
unusual within the pinniped family. I