What is South American sea lion?
{{speciesbox | name = South American sea lion | image = Southern Sea Lions.jpg | image_caption = Male and female | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn | author = Campagna, C. | year = 2008 | title = ''Otaria flavescens''| url = https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41665/0| access-date = 30 January 2009}}</ref> | genus = Otaria | parent_authority = [[François Péron|Péron]], 1816 | species = flavescens | authority = (Shaw, 1800)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Shaw|first1=George|title=General Zoology|date=1800|publisher=G. Kearsley|location=London|pages=260–261|chapter-url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632283|chapter=Yellow seal|volume=1. Part 2. Mammalia}}</ref> | range_map = Otaria flavescens distribution.png | range_map_caption = South American sea lion range | synonyms = ''Otaria bryonia'' }} The '''South American sea lion''' (''Otaria flavescens''), is a type of [[sea lion]]. It is also called the '''Southern Sea lion''' and the '''Patagonian sea lion'''. The South American fur sea lion is found on the [[Ecuadorian]], [[Peruvian]], [[Chilean]], [[Falkland Islands]], [[Argentina|Argentinean]], [[Uruguay]]an, and Southern [[Brazilian]] coasts. It is the only member of the [[genus]] ''Otaria''. ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Pinnipeds]] [[Category:Mammals of South America]]