Order Carnivora Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 532 628 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Eumetopias jubatus (Schreber 1776) [Phoca] jubata Schreber 1776 , Die Saugethiere, Vol. 3, 17: 300 (text) [1776]; see also 3 (17): pl. 83. B [1776] . Type Locality: "...Aufenthalt in dem nördlichen Theil des stillen Meeres...westlichen Küste von Amerika... östlichen von Kamtschatka ...Inseln...Küsten unter dem 56ten Grade der Breite liegen." [N part of the Pacific. Russia , Commander and Bering Isls]. Vernacular Names: Steller Sea Lion . Synonyms: Eumetopias jubata Forster 1775 ; Eumetopias leonina ( Pallas 1811 ) ; Eumetopias monteriensis (Gray 1859) ; Eumetopias stellerii (Lesson 1828) . Distribution: Northern Pacific coastal regions of Canada , China (vagrant populations to Jiangsu ), Japan (from Hokkaido N), Russia , USA ( Alaska , Washington , Oregon , California ). Conservation: U.S. ESA – Threatened, except population segment west of 144° W . Long, which is Endangered; IUCN – Endangered. Discussion: The type of O. californiana Lesson, 1828 , was shown by Allen (1880) to actually be Zalophus . A. monteriensis Gray, 1859 , is based on P. jubata Schreber, 1776 . Scheffer (1958) pointed out that jubata Forster, 1775 , is invalid. Reviewed by Loughlin et al. (1987) . Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) , Hall (1981) , and Loughlin et al. (1987) .