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Mirounga

Elephant Seals

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Containing group: Phocidae

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Scientific Name Mirounga angustirostris
Location Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA
Comments Northern Elephant Seal, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, CA 02feb2008 - photo by Michael "Mike" L. Baird bairdphotos.com Canon 1D Mark III w/ 600mm f/4 IS lens on tripod More Creative Commons use at www.asknature.org/strategy/gallery/924ebec15991f6af8c68c4...
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Sex Male
Source Northern Elephant Seal, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, CA 02feb2009
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2008 Mike Baird
Scientific Name Mirounga leonina
Location Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands
Comments Two southern elephant seals, a male and a female, not really in the same state of happiness... Un ami encombrant: Deux éléphants de mer du sud, un mâle et une femelle, d'humeur relativement différente...
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source A cumbersome friend
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2008 Jérôme
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