Elephant Seal Photo, Mirounga angustirostris



Northern elephant seal,  mother and neonate pup, gulls eating placenta. Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA, Mirounga angustirostris, Image ID: 00945

Northern elephant seal, mother and neonate pup, gulls eating placenta. Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA

Image: 00945
Species: Mirounga angustirostris
Common name: Elephant seal
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA
Lat/Long: 35° 39' 42.79"N, 121° 15' 19.65"W (Coordinates: 35.66189°, -121.25546°)
Format: Film 3:2
Other Names: elefante marino, sea elephant, sea cow
Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide.

Keywords: angustirostris, animal, animalia, aves, big sur, bird, california, caniformia, carnivora, carnivore, chordata, creature, elefante marino, elephant seal, endangered, endangered threatened species, gull, juvenile pup, mammal, mammalia, marine, marine mammal, mirounga, mirounga angustirostris, monterey bay national marine sanctuary, national marine sanctuaries, nature, northern elephant seal, ocean, phocid, phocidae, piedras blancas, pinniped, pinnipedia, san simeon, sea cow, sea elephant, seal, threatened, usa, vertebrata, vertebrate, wildlife

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Updated: November 21, 2009

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