Steller Sea Lion

Eumetopias jubatus

General Status Rank: 
Vagrant
Common Name: 
Steller Sea Lion
Scientific Name: 
Eumetopias jubatus
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Mammal (Marine Mammal)
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Chordata
Class: 
Mammalia
Order: 
Carnivora
Family: 
Otariidae
Distribution

Distribution

excerpt from the Geographic Range section of Steller Sea Lion page on the IUCN website: “Vagrants have been recorded in China, and at Herschel Island in the Beaufort Sea.”
References: 
W112

Number of Occurrences

Vagrants have been recorded in China, and at Herschel Island in the Beaufort Sea.”(not dated, no reference)
References: 
W112

Area of Occupancy

Score: 
-
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Vagrant
S Rank: 
SNA
Decision Process Description: 
Added in 2015, based on IUCN distribution note (error correction - assumes the sighting is not recent); Reviewed in 2020, no change
Last Updated: 
June 13, 2020
Status Designations

Canada – Assessment by Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

COSEWIC Status: 
Special Concern

References

Number of Occurrences

  • Gelatt, T. & Lowry, L. (2012) http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/8239/0 - W112 Return

Range Extent

  • Gelatt, T. & Lowry, L. (2012) http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/8239/0 - W112 Return