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Dental Pathology of Steller Sea Lions May Help in Husbandry Practice for Species in Captivity

Chun Niu

The Steller ocean lion (Eumetopias jubatus), moreover known as the northern ocean lion or Steller's ocean lion, to begin with recognized in 1741 by George Wilhelm Steller, is the biggest part of the family Otariidae  and the as it were known living part of its sort. It has checked sexual dimorphism. The normal detailed bodyweight and length of completely developed guys and females are 1,120 kg and 3.25 m and 250 kg and 3.20 m, separately. Grown-up guys have a gigantic solid neck and chest secured with thick and long coarse hair, as well as solid improvement of the sagittal peak by the age of 7 a long time. Stellar ocean lions can live to approximately 16 a long time for guys and 23 a long time for females.