Sea Lion & Fur Seal - The Differences

The difference between sea lions & fur seals

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Video fur seals & sea lions together

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[ewokdinodoge]

Extra: sea lions make barking/roaring sounds, while fur seals make grunts and whines

[hongkongsmartboy]

Fur Seal (海狗) is one kind of Sea Lion (海獅).

[penguino]

I like both the sea lion and fur seal.

[hrearden]

Other videos I have viewed have stated that seals don't have ear "flippers" but rather have ear holes on the sides of their head andone of the differences between seals ans sea lions is that seals don't have that ear flipper.

[jpl_btc]

Actually this video is wrong. Both sea lions and Fur seals belong to the same group, for some reason in english they have different confusing common names, but in spanish and other languages they are all simply sea lions.

[thebabbler]

They're the same animal: fur seals are a type of sea lion.

[estheronggara]

in fur seal dismisporsim is more common, it should've been sea lion.

[zebedeemadness]

0:20 All Sea Lions have fur. 1:20 Dense-Fur Sea Lions, have longer hind flippers than Sea Lions. Personally in common name, i call all in the formally known subfamily (Otariinae) no longer valid, (as they've always been) Sea Lions. With all in the formally known subfamily (Arctocephalinae) no longer valid, "Fur Seals" as Dense-Fur Sea Lions. Based on resent DNA data they are all ONE family-(Otariidae) meaning little ear with NO subfamilies. They're split into three clades. Clade-1, Northern Dense-Fur Sea Lion (Callorhinus ursinus). Clade-2, Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus), California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus), Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki). Clade-3, South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens), Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea), New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri), Brown Dense-Fur Sea Lion (Arctocephalus pusillus), subantarctic Dense-Fur Sea Lion (Arctocephalus tropicalis), Antarctic Dense-Fur Sea Lion (Arctocephalus gazella), Guadalupe Dense-Fur Sea Lion (Arctocephalus townsendi), Juan Fernández Dense-Fur Sea Lion (Arctocephalus philippii), Antipodean Dense-Fur Sea Lion (Arctocephalus forsteri), Galapagos Dense-Fur Sea Lion (Arctocephalus galapagoensis), South American Dense-Fur Sea Lion (Arctocephalus australis). As based on the clades the "subfamilies'" no longer work, with clade-2 was deemed "(Otariinae)", being more related to clade-1 was deemed "(Arctocephalinae)". And clade-3 being deemed "(Otariinae)" and deemed "(Arctocephalinae)" sitting in the same clade. Dense-Fur Sea Lions have a dense fur layer to keep warm, and Sea Lions have a thinner coarse fur layer plus blubber to keep warm. Because when you call them "Fur Seals" to someone that doesn't know, all you get is they aren't Seals as they have ear flaps, Seals don't have ear flaps. Because the prime example that is used to tell a Sea Lions from a Seals for most, is the ears and the way they move on land, and the common name "Fur seal" is a old name hunters gave them based on the fact they was hunted for there dense fur, and Seal because they look like the other true Seals they also hunted, and now with them all being in the same one family with no subfamilies, is even more of a reason not to call any of them "Fur Seals".