Japanese Sea Lion

Zalophus japonicus

• Group: Seal
• IUCN status: EX

Once hauled out along the coasts of Japan and Korea, this sea lion fed on fish and was hunted by great white and sevengill sharks. Heavy harvesting and habitat loss wiped it out, and the IUCN now lists it as Extinct.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Carnivora › Otariidae › Zalophus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 255004.