name: Steller Sea Lion

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source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Steller sea lion

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name_scientific: Eumetopias jubatus

description: The Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) also known as the northern sea lion and Steller's sea lion, is a near threatened species of sea lion in the northern Pacific. It is the sole member of the genus Eumetopias and the largest of the eared seals (Otariidae). Among pinnipeds, it is inferior in size only to the walrus and the two elephant seals. The species is named for the naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller, who first described them in 1741. The Steller sea lion has attracted considerable attention in recent decades due to significant, unexplained declines in their numbers over a large portion of their range in Alaska.

itis_id: 180625

wikipedia_id: Steller sea lion

picture_file_name: 475.jpg

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picture_file_size: 125334

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:29:46.000Z

legacy_id: 502

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Pinnipeds

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:43.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:25.000Z

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export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 34886

export_to_foodb: false

public_id: FOOD00465