Northern Elephant Seal
Mirounga angustirostris
Also known as: Northern Sea Elephant
Habitat
Aquatic
Diet
Invertebrate
Active Time
Diurnal
Size
750.0 kg
LCMammaliaCarnivoraPhocidae
Seasonal Activity
12,467 sightings · 2000–2026
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Phocidae
Traits
- Diet
- Invertebrate
- Foraging
- Aquatic
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Body mass
- 750.0 kg
Photo
(c) John Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by John Sullivan
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Occurrence data from GBIF.