Both sea lions and walruses belong to animals that live in the sea, and their living environments are similar. In terms of category, they also belong to mammals, carnivores and pinnipeds, and there are some similarities in appearance. However, sea lions and walruses do not refer to the same animal, and they should not be regarded as the same animal because they have some similarities. In fact, their differences are relatively large, and they can be distinguished from each other in many ways.
1. Differences between families and genera: Although sea lions and walruses are animals of the same class, order and suborder, the families to which they belong are different. Sea lions belong to the family of sea lions, while walruses belong to the family of walruses, which shows that they are two different animals, very different.
2, teeth difference: from the appearance, sea lions and walruses have a clear difference is their teeth. Both have teeth, but walruses have two very long fangs that are hard to miss when looking at them; Although sea lions also have teeth, they do not have these two iconic teeth.
3. Color difference: The color of sea lion and walrus is also different. The color of sea lions is single, generally yellow-brown. Walrus is usually light gray in color, but it looks more like white in the water, and the color is lighter.
4, size differences: sea lions and walruses are also different in size, in contrast, walruses are larger. Specifically, sea lions and walruses have different species, most of the sea lion species are generally not more than 2 meters long, while many walruses are more than 3 meters long, and some male walruses can be close to 5 meters long.
5. Differences in body folds: Another important feature of walruses is that there are many folds on their bodies, which are very obvious when observed, while the bodies of sea lions are relatively smooth.
