Hares are the most frequent prey, guanacos are their second most favorite food. The southern sea lion is a very large marine mammal and is found throughout the Patagonian coastal areas. Males can grow to almost eleven feet long and weight 750 pounds. The female grows to eight feet and weighs up to 300 pounds. The males also have a mane which is light colored while the body is dark brown to orange.
Females are dark to light brown and sea lion pups are black in color.
These creatures feed on small bottom fish, squid and seabirds. The southern sea lion was a victim of the fur trade and its numbers declined due to overkill by hunters. The range of the sea lion has declined due to pressures of commercial harvesting and killing by fisherman. The southern elephant seal is an extremely large marine mammal and is found in southern Argentina and along the Argentine Patagonian coast. They grow to almost 9000 pounds and are up to 20 feet long.