>>28372092Some fan art is misleading and has him with no ears and with a more human face because his first appearance which was that one first image leak had the misfortune of a really bad angle/perspective and thus, it never really showed his ears nor his actual snout
however, in this concept art, he does indeed have ears, they're just adorably small. And he does have a snout.
So, if you ever run across some kind of fan art of him without a snout or ears, that's because of design misconception due to the perspective he was first drawn in. When his concept art was then shown, fan art of him having ears and a snout started to appear. Which in turn, does make him look more like a actual sea lion.