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Mirounga leonina
Mirounga angustirostris
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There are two species of elephant seal. They are the sole members of the genusSee genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. See genus (music) for the use of the term in music. In biology, a genus (plural genera is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically s Mirounga of the family Phocidae or "true seals".
The species are the Northern Elephant SealNorthern Elephant Seal Northern Elephant Seals hauled out ''at Ano Nuevo State Park, California : Eukaryota : Animalia : Metazoa : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Pinnipedia : Phocidae Mirounga angustirostris Binomial name Mirounga angustirostris Gill,, Mirounga angustirostris, and the Southern Elephant SealSouthern Elephant Seal space for image : Eukaryota : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Pinnipedia : Phocidae Mirounga leonina Binomial name Mirounga leonina Linnaeus, 1758 The Southern Elephant Seal ''Mirounga leonina is one of two species of e, M. leonina. Both species were hunted nearly to extinction by the end of the nineteenth century but numbers have since recovered. The Southern Elephant Seal is somewhat the bigger of the two.
The elephant seals get their name from their great size and the fact that the adult males have a large proboscis, which is used in making extraordinarily loud roaring noises, especially during the mating season.
