Elephant Seal Conservation Status Least Concern Elephant Seal Locations OceanElephant Seal Facts Main Prey Fish, Squid, Octopus Distinctive Feature Long trunk-like nose and large body Habitat Warm coastal waters close to land Predators Human, Sharks, Killer Whales Diet Carnivore Average Litter Size 1 ...
Name: Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonine) Length: Up to 6.2 meters (20.3 feet) Weight: Up to 4,000 kg (8,820 pounds) Location: Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters Conservation status: Least concern Diet: Squid, fish, sharks, rays, ratfish, molluscs, crustaceans, krill, algae ...
Among the five seal species inhabiting the southern hemisphere and distributed around and south of the Antarctic Convergence, the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina, Pinnipedia, Phocidae) has the northernmost distribution, reaching sites surrounded by temperate waters. During the annual cycle, ...
英文名:Northern elephant seal; 学名:Mirounga angustirostris(Gill, 1866)。 北象海豹,是两种象鼻海豹之一(另一个是👉南象海豹),象海豹的名字来源于它们巨大的体型和雄性的大长鼻,用来发出特别响亮的吼叫声,特别是在交配竞争中。它们的体型有很大的性别差异。它们是高度一夫多妻制的,一头雄性可以在一季内令多达...
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and walruses. Elephant seals fall under the true seal category and contain two sub-categories: southern and northern. The two elephant seal species were discovered to be taxonomically different species in 1866 (Stewart et al.1994). The southern elephant seal’s Latin name,Mirounga leonina, mean...
Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris)mother withayoung pup (1–2 d) andbpup just before weaning (25–28 d). Photo credits: D. Costa, M. Fowler Full size image Our objectives in this study were to determine the total energy requirements, and the relative partitioning of energy am...
A. et al. Circumpolar habitat use in the southern elephant seal: Implications for foraging success and population trajectories. Ecosphere 7, 1–27 (2016). Article Google Scholar Stevenson, R. D. & Woods, W. A. Condition indices for conservation: New uses for evolving tools. Integr. Comp....
英文名:Northern elephant seal; 学名:Mirounga angustirostris(Gill, 1866)。 北象海豹,是两种象鼻海豹之一(另一个是👉南象海豹),象海豹的名字来源于它们巨大的体型和雄性的大长鼻,用来发出特别响亮的吼叫声,特别是在交配竞争中。它们的体型有很大的性别差异。它们是高度一夫多妻制的,一头雄性可以在一季内令多达...
While much remains to be learned about northern elephant seals, the long-term biologging data set that began during the TOPP program has contributed greatly to our understanding of elephant seal behavior, physiology, and ecology. We now know that adult female elephant seals can dive as deep as...