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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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Synonyms:

    crosetensis (Lydekker, 1909)
    falclandica (Peters, 1875)
    kerguilensis (Peters, 1875)
    macquariensis (Lydekker, 1909)
    proboscidea (Péron, 1816)
    typicus (Lydekker, 1909)

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