Mirounga Gray, 1827
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- InGriffith et al., Anim. Kingdom vol.5 p.179
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Phocidae
- genus
- 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 Seals in English
- elephant seal in English
- elephant seals in English
- elephant seals in English
Bibliographic References
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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.
- SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
- SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
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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.
- 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.
- 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., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
- as per family
- in Griffith's Cuvier, Anim. Kingd., Mamm., Syn.