Southern elephant seal, juvenile. The southern elephant seal is the largest pinniped, and the largest member of order Carnivora, ever to have existed. It gets its name from the large proboscis (nose) it has when it has grown to adulthood.
Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island
Image ID: 24579
Lat/Long: -54.11754, -36.66619 (Coordinates: 54° 07' 3.14" S, 36° 39' 58.28" W)
Format: Digital 3:2
Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island
Image ID: 24579
Lat/Long: -54.11754, -36.66619 (Coordinates: 54° 07' 3.14" S, 36° 39' 58.28" W)
Format: Digital 3:2
Keywords: animal, animalia, atlantic, caniformia, carnivora, chordata, elephant seal, hercules bay, landscape, leonina, mammal, mammalia, mirounga, mirounga leonina, oceans, outdoors, outside, phocidae, pinniped, scene, scenery, south georgia island, southern elephant seal, united kingdom, vertebrata, vertebrate, wildlife
Categories:
- Animal > Pinniped > Southern Elephant Seal
- Location > Oceans > Atlantic > South Georgia Island
- Location > World > United Kingdom > South Georgia Island > Hercules Bay
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