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Eared seal

Eared seals

Australian Sea Lion
Scientific classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Suborder:Pinnipedia
Family:Otariidae
Genera
 Arctocephalus
 Callorhinus
 Eumetopias

 Neophoca
 Otaria
 Phocarctos''
 Zalophus

The eared seals, family Otariidae, are the fur seals and the sea lions. These are marine mammals, adapted to a semi-aquatic lifestyle. They feed and travel in the water but breed and largely rest on land (or, in some cases, on ice). They are slightly less adapted to the aquatic lifestyle than are the true seals.