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title: "Manenrob"
description: "Otaria flavescens — Zoogdieren. The South American sea lion, also called the southern sea lion and the Patagonian sea lion, is a sea lion found on the western and southeastern coasts of South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/south-american-sea-lion
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Manenrob

> Otaria flavescens — Zoogdieren. The South American sea lion, also called the southern sea lion and the Patagonian sea lion, is a sea lion found on the western and southeastern coasts of South America.

- Scientific name: *Otaria flavescens*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 8436
- Wikidata: [Q333649](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333649)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41761](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41761)

## Names

- en: South American Sea Lion
- de: Mähnenrobbe
- es: Lobo marino de un pelo
- fr: Otarie à crinière
- nl: Manenrob
- pt: Leão-marinho-da-patagônia
- pl: Uchatka patagońska

## Countries with the most observations

CL (3295), AR (2094), PE (1532), UY (326), FK (208), EC (191), BR (68)

## Summary

The South American sea lion, also called the southern sea lion and the Patagonian sea lion, is a sea lion found on the western and southeastern coasts of South America. It is the only extant member of the genus Otaria, which also includes the extinct Otaria josefinae. The species is highly sexually dimorphic. Males have a large head and prominent mane. They mainly feed on fish and cephalopods and haul out on sand, gravel, rocky, or pebble beaches. Breeding males typically defend both territories and individual females, though this can vary. Less dominant males may try to achieve success by…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_American_sea_lion

## Photo

![Manenrob](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/south-american-sea-lion/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29390934

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/south-american-sea-lion?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).