The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Neophoca cinerea

 – Lower Risk Least Concern

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: MAMMALIA
Order: CARNIVORA
Family: OTARIIDAE
Scientific Name: Neophoca cinerea
Species Authority: (Péron, 1816)
Common Name/s:
EnglishAUSTRALIAN SEA LION, AUSTRALIAN SEALION

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: LR/lc    ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations: Needs updating
Assessor/s: Seal Specialist Group
History:
1994-Rare (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range

Countries: Native:

Australia

FAO Marine Fishing Areas: Native:

Indian Ocean-eastern

Habitat and Ecology

System: Terrestrial; Marine

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.


Citation: Seal Specialist Group 1996. Neophoca cinerea. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 28 August 2008.
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