What are pakake?
What sets them apart?
What type of pinniped?
What type of animal?
What type of animal?
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Sea lions are mammals like us. They give birth to live young and feed them milk.
Sea lions are marine mammals as they feed mostly in the moana/ocean. They are adapted to spending most of their lives in the water.
...Sea lions belong... to the clade pinnipedia, the flipper footed. This is a group of carnivores who have flippers instead of paws.
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What type of pinniped?
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Phocids/true seals cannot walk on all four flippers and do not have external ear flaps.
Odobenids/ walrus can walk on all fours and do not have external ear flaps.
Otariids/sea lions and fur seals can walk on all fours and have external ear flaps.
There are 34 species of pinniped living today
They fall into three unique families
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What sets them apart?
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Fur seals and sea lions differ greatly in size. Fur seals weigh 64-180kg while sea lions weigh 80-1000kg.
Fur seals are named for their thick double coat, while sea lions have a thinner, single layer, coat.
Fur seals often have a pointed, V-shaped, snout, while sea lions have a blunter, U-shaped, snout.
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There are 15 species living in the Otariidae family today
Six are sea lions and nine are fur seals
What sets the sea lion species apart from each other?
They vary greatly in size, with the largest species living near the poles and the smallest species near the equator.
Most sea lion species are separated by geography. Each lives in their own part of the Pacific Ocean.
They also vary in shape and colour with some males being bulkier than others and colour ranging from tan to dark brown.
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