Otariidae
eared seals
Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
An eared seal, otariid, or otary, is any member of the marine mammal family Otariidae, one of three groupings of pinnipeds. They comprise 15 extant species in seven genera and are commonly known either as sea lions or fur seals, distinct from true seals (phocids) and the walrus (odobenids).W CalCOFI holds 1,660 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1987 and 2020, across 4 taxa under it.R
- 1,660
- observations
- 1,660
- records
- 1987–2020
- years
- 1
- datasets
- 3
- species under it
Observed in
Nothing is keyed to this taxon directly — every observation under it belongs to one of the taxa below.
Under it · 4 taxa
- G Zalophus1,470
- G Callorhinus northern fur seals167
- G Arctocephalus20
- G Eumetopias northerns sea lions3
Ways ini
Read from taxa.json of release
v2026.09.11, written at release
by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is
/species/.
Explorerdb-queryi
Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:231386")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:231386'").df()