Elephant seal

Mirounga Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
Male and female Northern Elephant Seals
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Superfamily:	Pinnipedia
Family:	Phocidae
Genus:	Mirounga
Species
Mirounga angustirostris Mirounga leonina

The Elephant Seal is a huge seal of the genus Mirounga. There are two species, one in each hemisphere. The southern elephant seal, is found in Antarctic waters, while the northern elephant seal lives on islands of California and Mexico. The elephant seal is the largest amphibious animal. The bulls have a huge proboscis,^[1] and may weigh 340 kg (750 lb), and 2 m (8 ft) in length at maturity although old males can approach 3 m (11 ft) long and weigh 624 kg (1,375 lb) in rare cases.^[2][3][4]

1. ↑ front part of face
2. ↑ Mirounga. "Elephant seal: profile, facts, information, photos, pictures, sounds, habitats, reports, news -- National Geographic". Animals.nationalgeographic.com. Archived from the original on 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
3. ↑ "Elephant seals". Parks.ca.gov. 2007-05-23. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
4. ↑ "Elephant Seal - MSN Encarta". Encarta.msn.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-31. Retrieved 2009-12-29.