Mirounga angustirostris

(Gill, 1866)

Northern Elephant Seal

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Phocoidea
Family : Phocidae
Genus : Mirounga

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gill, T.N. 1866. Prodrome of a monograph of the pinnipedes. Communications of the Essex Institute 5:3-13.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33204510

Original name as described

Macrorhinus angustirostris

Other common names

Northern Sea Elephant

Type material

USNM:MAMM:A4704

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/309f6fa40-eae0-45c6-b32b-5becfcbc26ae

Type locality

"California." Restricted by A. J. Poole and V. S. Schantz in 1942 to "St. Bartholomews Bay, lower California, Mexico." Clarified by V. B. Scheffer in 1958 as Bahía Tórtola (= Bahía San Bartolomé) 27° 39' N, 114° 51' W, Baja California, Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Canada · Mexico · United States · Japan

Subregion distribution

USA(AK,CA,OR,WA)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005918

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Macrorhinus angustirostris

(Gill, 1866)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

angustirostris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A4704

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/309f6fa40-eae0-45c6-b32b-5becfcbc26ae

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33204510

Authority publication

Communications of the Essex Institute

Name usages

True (1885:608, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Mirounga angustirostris

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Phocidae

Root name

angustirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

108

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13581/45227116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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