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elephant seal, sea elephantnoun
either of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks
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elephant sealnoun
A large marine mammal of the genus Mirounga, which is the largest of the pinnipeds.
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Elephant seal
Elephant seals are very large, oceangoing earless seals in the genus Mirounga. Both species, the northern elephant seal (M. angustirostris) and the southern elephant seal (M. leonina), were hunted to the brink of extinction for oil by the end of the 19th century, but their numbers have since recovered. They are the largest extant carnivorans, weighing up to 5,000 kilograms (11,000 lb). The northern elephant seal, somewhat smaller than its southern relative, ranges over the Pacific coast of the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The most northerly breeding location on the Pacific Coast is at Race Rocks Marine Protected Area, at the southern tip of Vancouver Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The southern elephant seal is found in the Southern Hemisphere on such as South Georgia and Macquarie Island, and on the coasts of New Zealand, Tasmania, South Africa, and Argentina in the Peninsula Valdés. In southern Chile, there is a small colony of 120 animals at Jackson Bay (Bahía Jackson) in Admiralty Sound (Seno Almirantazgo) at the southern coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego.The oldest known unambiguous elephant seal fossils are fragmentary fossils of a member of the tribe Miroungini described from the late Pliocene Petane Formation of New Zealand. Teeth originally identified as representing an unnamed species of Mirounga have been found in South Africa, and dated to the Miocene epoch; however, Boessenecker and Churchill (2016) considered these teeth almost certainly to be misidentified toothed whale (odontocete) teeth. The elephant seals evolved in the Pacific Ocean during the Pliocene period.Elephant seals breed annually and are seemingly habitual to colonies that have established breeding areas.
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elephant seal
An elephant seal is a large marine mammal of the family Phocidae, called so due to their unique trunk-like nose, especially prominent in males. They are considered the largest species of seal, with males reaching lengths of up to 16 feet (5 meters) and weights of up to 4,400 pounds (2,000 kilograms). These seals reside in the colder waters of the Southern Hemisphere as well as California coasts during breeding seasons. Their diet consists primarily of fish and squid. The two species of elephant seals are the northern elephant seal and the southern elephant seal.
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Elephant seal
Elephant seals are large, oceangoing seals in the genus Mirounga. The two species, the northern elephant seal and the southern elephant seal, both were hunted to the brink of extinction by the end of the 19th century, but numbers have since recovered. The northern elephant seal, somewhat smaller than its southern relative, ranges over the Pacific coast of the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The most northerly breeding location on the Pacific Coast is at Race Rocks, at the southern tip of Vancouver Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The southern elephant seal is found in the Southern Hemisphere on islands such as South Georgia and Macquarie Island, and on the coasts of New Zealand, South Africa, and Argentina in the Peninsula Valdés, which is the fourth-largest elephant seal colony in the world. Fossils of an as yet unnamed species of Mirounga have been found in South Africa, and dated to the Miocene epoch. Elephant seals breed annually and are seemingly faithful to colonies that have been established breeding areas.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of elephant seal in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
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The numerical value of elephant seal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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- морски слонBulgarian
- See-ElefantGerman
- θαλάσσιος ελέφανταςGreek
- elefante marinoSpanish
- merinorsuFinnish
- éléphant de merFrench
- smutrón, rón eilifintiúilIrish
- Segel gajahIndonesian
- sæfíllIcelandic
- ដំរីសមុទ្រKhmer
- ihu koropukuMāori
- sjøelefantNorwegian
- tábąąstííntsoh bíchį́į́htsohígííNavajo, Navaho
- słoń morskiPolish
- elefante-marinhoPortuguese
- focă elefantRomanian
- морской слонRussian
- tembo-bahariSwahili
- ہاتھی کی مہرUrdu
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