shes / ts’axulus

Hul’q’umi’num’ Name: shes / ts’axulus

Taxon Name: Eumetopias jubatus

“Common” Name: Steller sea lion

Cultural Values:

food

medicinal

spiritual

material

trade

indicator

Ecological Community: Marine

Wikipedia summary:

The Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus, also known as Steller’s sea lion or the northern sea lion) is a large, near-threatened species of sea lion, predominantly found in the coastal marine habitats of the northeast Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Northwest regions of North America, from north-central California to Oregon, Washington and British Columbia to Alaska. Its range continues

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Observational Data:
First reported: 2013-10-23
Source: dataPaper
Last reported: 2013-10-23
Source: dataPaper
Obervation count: 1