OuiSi Nature card 186: Southern Elephant Seal. Photograph by Inaê Guion The whole photograph behind card 186: Southern Elephant Seal. Photograph by Inaê Guion

OuiSi Nature · Card 186

Southern Elephant Seal

Mirounga leonina

Location
Punta Ninfas, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina
Date
September 23, 2012
Photograph byInaê Guion

Description

This true seal is the largest of the pinniped and carnivoran in the world. Adult males are six times larger than the polar bear and have a trunk-like nose, absent in females, which are much smaller than the males. In Punta Ninfas, Patagonia, the breeding season occurs from September to December, and the moulting season from January to April.

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OuiSi Nature card 186: Southern Elephant Seal. Photograph by Inaê Guion The whole photograph behind card 186: Southern Elephant Seal. Photograph by Inaê Guion

Southern Elephant Seal

Photograph by Inaê Guion