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    Species Accepted

    Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Monster Sea Elephant
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Mirounga
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Elefant marí meridional Catalan–Valencian
      Elefante marino del sud Italian
      Elefante marino del sur Spanish
      Elefante-marinho-do-sul Portuguese
      Elephant de mer austral French
      Eléphant de mer Austral French
      Eléphant de mer du sud French
      Eléphant-de-mer austral French
      Etelänmerinorsu Finnish
      Güney deniz fili Turkish

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. (2000). Common Names of Mammals of the World.
      Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
      Lydekker, R. (1909). On the skull-characters in the Southern Sea-Elephant. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1909.
      Rice, Dale W. (1998). Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, No. 4.
      Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1993). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd Ed., 3rd Printing.
      Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd Ed., Vols. 1 & 2.
      Observation.org contributors. 2018. "Download species lists". Observation.org, Nature observations form around the world. est. 2008. Hisko de Vries (man). Observation International Foundation. https://observation.org/download.php?lang=en&local=xx
      Rodríguez-Mahecha. J. V.. Hernández-Camacho. J.. Defler. R.. Alberico. M.. Mast. R.. Mittermeier. R.. Cadena. A. (1995). Mamíferos colombianos: sus nombres comunes e indígenas. Occasional Papers in Coservation Biology 3. Conservation International. Santafé de Bogotá. 56 pp.
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/

      Citation

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