The California Sea Lion is the one most people are familiar with. They are friendly animals often seen doing a variety of tricks in various locations while in captivity. Males end up being much larger than the females. When they are younger though you can tell them apart because the males develop a bump on the crest of their head and the females don’t.
The males can be about 800 pound when they are full grown while females will only be about 230 pounds. There isn’t too much difference when it comes to their length though. The average for males is 7 feet and females end up being about 6 feet long.
Distribution
These Sea Lions prefer the warmer climates of both California and Mexico. They are found from the Pacific Coast of Vancouver all the way to Baja which is where California meets Mexico. Until the 1950’s there were also California Sea Lions along the coast of Japan called Japanese Sea Lion, subspecies of California sea lion.
(source:google/http://www.sealion-world.com/)
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