Taxon Profile: Mirounga leonina

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
26
Common Name
Southern Elephant Seal
Authority
(Linnaeus,1758)
Naming Status
Currently accepted name
Status
Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
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Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Pinnepedia
Family
Phocidae
Genus
Mirounga
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Taxon

Profile

Source of taxon data
CAVS
Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
CAVS 8.1 on 3-Jun-1994
Comments
CAVS 8.1 update:03-JUN-94

Relationships with other taxa

  • is a host of the parasite - Lepidophthirus macrorhini Enderlein, 1904 Profile

Traits

CAVS Identifier CAVS Identifier M1546
CCAMLR FishLog Database species identifier CCAMLR FishLog Database species identifier SES
Species 2000 Species 2000 ITS-180671

Species belongs to the following lists - Follow link on List Name to see list of all species.

    Type List Name Description Status Basis of Record
    Bioregion Heard Island includes McDonald Island Derived (from literature)
    Bioregion Macquarie Island Derived (from literature)