Japanese sea lion

Japanese sea lion
Zalophus japonicus at Liancourt Rocks in 1934

Extinct (1970s)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Clade: Pinnipedia
Family: Otariidae
Genus: Zalophus
Species:
Z. japonicus
Binomial name
Zalophus japonicus
(Peters, 1866)
Synonyms[2]

The Japanese sea lion (Zalophus japonicus) (Japanese: ニホンアシカ, romanizedNihon ashika, Korean강치, 바다사자)[3] was an aquatic mammal that became extinct in the 1970s. It was considered to be a subspecies of the related California sea lion (Z. californianus) until 2003. They inhabited the western North Pacific and its marginal seas including the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan, especially around the coastal areas of the Japanese Archipelago and the Korean Peninsula. They generally bred on sandy beaches which were open and flat, but sometimes in rocky areas. They were hunted commercially in the 1900s, leading to their extinction.

  1. ^ Lowry, L. (2017). "Zalophus japonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T41667A113089431. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T41667A113089431.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 668. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ "울릉도에 강치 서식…현대과학으로 입증". 29 November 2020.

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