Order: CarnivoraFamily: Otariidae
Scientific name: Zalophus wollebaeki
Name in Spanish: Lobo Marino Galapagos sea lion hair.
Distribution: Galapagos Islands and several islets. It was reported that a colony of Isla de la Plata.
Some individuals of these species are endemic to our enchanted islands, are often carried by ocean currents and arrive on the mainland, where they are for seals, keeping the animals in order to clarify the way, are not part of our wildlife. The Galapagos sea lions are also known as "wolf hair, as is the length of the hair in the whole body evenly. Males have a crest and is about 250 kg, females reach 110 kg. The coat color varies from gray to dark brown depending on age and gender.
Sea lions are polygamous, the male keeps a harem of women in the territory of an aggressive defense, both on land and at sea, they eat fish, squid and other marine invertebrates and in turn prey for sharks and whales (Orcas).
They are likely to disappear in the event of epidemics or natural disasters. Although currently most of the animals, people threaten Galapagos have introduced (they can transmit diseases to their capture or their children), so often caught accidentally in fishing nets, as bait for shark fishing, and intoxicated by the increase in the costs used for the garbage.
Scientific name: Zalophus wollebaeki
Name in Spanish: Lobo Marino Galapagos sea lion hair.
Distribution: Galapagos Islands and several islets. It was reported that a colony of Isla de la Plata.
Some individuals of these species are endemic to our enchanted islands, are often carried by ocean currents and arrive on the mainland, where they are for seals, keeping the animals in order to clarify the way, are not part of our wildlife. The Galapagos sea lions are also known as "wolf hair, as is the length of the hair in the whole body evenly. Males have a crest and is about 250 kg, females reach 110 kg. The coat color varies from gray to dark brown depending on age and gender.
Sea lions are polygamous, the male keeps a harem of women in the territory of an aggressive defense, both on land and at sea, they eat fish, squid and other marine invertebrates and in turn prey for sharks and whales (Orcas).
They are likely to disappear in the event of epidemics or natural disasters. Although currently most of the animals, people threaten Galapagos have introduced (they can transmit diseases to their capture or their children), so often caught accidentally in fishing nets, as bait for shark fishing, and intoxicated by the increase in the costs used for the garbage.
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