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--> FAMILY Phocidae
--> GENUS Mirounga
SPECIES Mirounga angustirostris
| Author: | Gill, 1866. | | Citation: | Proc. Essex Inst. Salem, 5: 13. | | Common Name: | Northern Elephant Seal | | Type Locality: | "California" restricted by Poole and Schantz (1942) to "St. Bartholomews Bay, lower California, Mexico." Clarified by Scheffer (1958) as "Bahía Tórtola (= Bahía San Bartolomé) 27°39'N, 114°51'W, Baja California, Mexico". | | Distribution: | Mexico (Baja California), USA (SE Alaska to California). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Reviewed by Stewart and Huber (1993). |
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