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Southern elephant seal (young males): collective mudbath during moulting. As for the duration, depth and sequence of dives, the southern elephant seal is the best performing seal. In many regards, they exceed even most cetaceans. These capabilities result from nonstandard physiological adaptations, common to marine mammals, but particularly ...
Genus Neomonachus – Slater, Helgen, 2014 – two species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Caribbean monk seal† N. tropicalis (Gray, 1850) Caribbean Sea Size: 200–240 cm (79–94 in) long; 200 kg (441 lb) [5] [39]
Elephant seals or sea elephants are very large, oceangoing earless seals in the genus Mirounga.Both species, the northern elephant seal (M. angustirostris) and the southern elephant seal (M. leonina), were hunted to the brink of extinction for lamp oil by the end of the 19th century, but their numbers have since recovered.
Family: Otariidae (eared seals) Genus: Arctocephalus. Cape fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus LC; New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus fosteri LC; Family: Phocidae (true seals) Genus: Mirounga. Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina LC; Genus: Hydrurga. Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx LC
Examples are krill-eating crabeater seals, crustacean-eating ringed seals, squid specialists like the Ross seal and southern elephant seal, and the bearded seal and walrus, which specialize on benthic invertebrates. [85] Pinnipeds may hunt solitarily or cooperatively. The former behavior is typical when hunting non-schooling fish, immobile or ...
Cal Poly researchers tag 10 seal pups to examine migration habits. Elephant seals are migratory, with the adults swimming north along the coastline as far as Alaska and out into the northern ...
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There’s a reason the male elephant seals lounging on the sand look a bit ratty. Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Business. Entertainment. Fitness. Food. Games. Health. Home & Garden ...