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Mirounga angustirostris   (Gill, 1866)

Northern elephant seal

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Mexico country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Baja California (Ref. 1394), in Isla Los Coronados, Isla San Martin, Isla Guadalupe, Isla San Benito, Isla Cedros, Isla Natividad, Bahia San Cristobal, Isla San Roque, Isla Asuncion, Bahia San Hipolito, and Cabo San Lazaro; vagrant to Isla Angel de la Guarda (Ref. 1522). C: Refs. 1522, 1394, M: Ref. 1394.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Elefante-marino norteño, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Carnivora (Carnivores) > Phocidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 1580 m (Ref. 1394).   Subtropical; 90°N - 10°N, 180°W - 180°E

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Eastern Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 500 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 1394); 300 cm TL (female); Peso massimo pubblicato: 2.2 t (Ref. 1394); Peso massimo pubblicato: 2.2 t

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Feeds on squids, small sharks, and deep water fishes (Ref. 1394). Feeds on squids, small sharks, and deep water fishes (Ref. 1394). When hunting, this mammal plunges to depths of 300 to 800 meters and shuts down blood flow to critical organs resulting to excessive blood levels of carbon monoxide (Ref. 95857).

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. (Ref. 1394)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 08 December 2014

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
FAO - pesca: species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Strumenti

E-book | Giuda pratica

Informazioni ulteriori

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Ecologia
Dieta
Prede
Nomi Comuni
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Age/Size
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Morfologia
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Bibliografia
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Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pesca: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.5 - 5.3, mean 1.6 (based on 670 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.