Mirounga angustirostris

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Mirounga angustirostris is a large marine mammal known for its extreme sexual dimorphism, deep-diving ability, and breeding colonies along the Pacific coast of North America.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mirounga angustirostris canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marine mammal ⓘ
pinniped ⓘ
species ⓘ
true seal ⓘ
adultFemaleColoration silver-gray to brown ⓘ
adultMaleColoration dark gray to brown ⓘ
binomialName Mirounga angustirostris ⓘ
breedingRangeIncludes Baja California ⓘ
California ⓘ
Central California coast ⓘ
Channel Islands of California ⓘ
breedingSeason winter ⓘ
breedingSystem polygynous ⓘ
breedsAlongCoastOf Pacific coast of North America ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
commonName northern elephant seal ⓘ
conservationStatus Least Concern ⓘ
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List ⓘ
dietIncludes fish ⓘ
rays ⓘ
small sharks ⓘ
squid ⓘ
family Phocidae ⓘ
femaleMaximumLength about 2.5 to 3 meters ⓘ
femaleMaximumMass up to about 600 to 800 kilograms ⓘ
foragingRangeIncludes Aleutian region ⓘ
linked to: Aleutian Islands

Gulf of Alaska ⓘ
open North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
genus Mirounga ⓘ
geographicDistribution eastern North Pacific ⓘ
givesBirthOn land ⓘ
hasDeepDivingAbility true ⓘ
hasProboscisInMales true ⓘ
hasSexualDimorphism true ⓘ
historicallyOverexploitedFor blubber ⓘ
infraorder Pinnipedia ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lactationPeriod about 3 to 4 weeks ⓘ
maleMaximumLength about 4 to 5 meters ⓘ
maleMaximumMass up to about 2300 kilograms ⓘ
matingSystem harem-based ⓘ
maximumRecordedDiveDepth over 1500 meters ⓘ
maximumRecordedDiveDuration over 80 minutes ⓘ
moltsOn land ⓘ
namedAfter elephant-like proboscis of males ⓘ
nativeTo Pacific Ocean ⓘ
notableBreedingColony Año Nuevo State Park ⓘ
Guadalupe Island ⓘ
Piedras Blancas rookery ⓘ
San Nicolas Island ⓘ
order Carnivora ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
populationRecovery significant since early 20th century ⓘ
primaryPredator great white shark ⓘ
killer whale ⓘ
pupColoration black at birth ⓘ
reproduction single pup per year ⓘ
sexualDimorphismType extreme sexual size dimorphism ⓘ
suborder Caniformia ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
typicalDiveDepth 300 to 600 meters ⓘ
typicalDiveDuration 20 to 30 minutes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

northern elephant seal → species → Mirounga angustirostris ⓘ
northern elephant seal → scientificName → Mirounga angustirostris ⓘ
Mirounga → containsTaxon → Mirounga angustirostris ⓘ
Mirounga → hasSubspecies → Mirounga angustirostris ⓘ
Mirounga angustirostris → binomialName → Mirounga angustirostris ⓘ