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SPECIES Mirounga leonina
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 37. | Common Name: | Southern Elephant Seal | Type Locality: | "ad polum Antarcticum" restricted by Thomas (1911a) to "Juan Fernandez", further restricted by Hamilton (1940) as "Isla Mas a Tierra" [Chile]. | Distribution: | Circumpolar mainly in the subantarctic zone, including Antarctica, Macquarie, Kerguelen, S Georgia Isls, and Argentina (Peninsula Valdez). Vagrant populations recorded at Australia, Brazil, Chile, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Oman, Uruguay. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Reviewed by Ling and Bryden (1992). Synonyms allocated according to Bryden (1995). Subspecies not recognized, following Lönnberg (1910); however see Carrick et al. (1962). |
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crosetensis (Lydekker, 1909) falclandica (Peters, 1875) kerguilensis (Peters, 1875) macquariensis (Lydekker, 1909) proboscidea (Péron, 1816) typicus (Lydekker, 1909)
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