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Neophoca cinerea
Neophoca cinerea (Péron, 1816)
Australian sea lion
Neophoca cinerea
photo by Winkel, Francis Dos

Family:  Otariidae ()
Max. size:  250 cm TL (male/unsexed); 180 cm TL (female); max.weight: 300 kg; max.weight: 105 kg
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 0 - 500 m
Distribution:  Eastern Indian Ocean: Australia. IUCN Status: Rare.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Inhabit islands and the mainland coast, ranging over waters of the adjacent continental shelf. Feeds on a wide variety of fishes (including rays and small sharks), squid, cuttlefish, and penguins; shallow-water benthic prey (Ref. 1394). Inhabit islands and the mainland coast, ranging over waters of the adjacent continental shelf. Feeds on a wide variety of fishes (including rays and small sharks), squid, cuttlefish, and penguins; shallow-water benthic prey (Ref. 1394).
IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN); Date assessed: 03 November 2014 (A2bd) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
Country info:   
 

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