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: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Image ID: 26354
Lat/Long: -60.65040, -45.56680 (Coordinates: 60° 39' 1.44" S, 45° 34' 0.48" W)
Format: Digital 3:2
Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Image ID: 26354
Lat/Long: -60.65040, -45.56680 (Coordinates: 60° 39' 1.44" S, 45° 34' 0.48" W)
Format: Digital 3:2
Keywords: animal, animalia, british antarctic territory, caniformia, carnivora, chordata, coronation island, leonina, mammal, mammalia, mirounga, mirounga leonina, oceans, phocidae, pinniped, shingle cove, south orkney islands, southern elephant seal, southern ocean, united kingdom, vertebrata, vertebrate, wildlife
Categories:
- Location > Oceans > Southern Ocean > South Orkney Islands
- Location > World > United Kingdom > British Antarctic Territory > South Orkney Islands > Coronation Island
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