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Mirounga Gray, 1827
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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GENUS
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Published in
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InGriffith et al., Anim. Kingdom vol.5 p.179
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Mammalia
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order
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Carnivora
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family
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Phocidae
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genus
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Mirounga
Name
- Synonyms
- Macrorhinus Cuvier, 1826
- Macrorhinus Gray, 1825
- Macrorhyna Gill, 1872
- Macrorhyna Gray, 1827
- Macrorhynus Brookes, 1828
- Macrorrhinus Reichenbach, 1842
- Mirunga Brown, 1832
- Morunga Gray, 1842
- Rhinophora Allen, 1880
- Homonyms
- Mirounga Gray, 1827
- Common names
- elephant seal in English
- elephant seals in English
- elephant seals in English
Bibliographic References
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Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
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Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2012). Pinniped taxonomy: review of currently recognized species and subspecies, and evidence used for their description. <em>Mammal Review.</em> 42(3), 207-234.
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Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
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Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
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Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
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SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
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SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
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Shirihai, H. (2002). A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean. Alula Press FI 510 pp.
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Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.
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Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
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Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
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as per family
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in Griffith's Cuvier, Anim. Kingd., Mamm., Syn.