- The
northern elephant seal (Mirounga
angustirostris) is one of two
species of
elephant seal (the
other is the
southern elephant seal). It is a
member of...
-
related to
Marmaronetta angustirostris.
Wikispecies has
information related to
Marmaronetta angustirostris.
Marmaronetta angustirostris in
Field Guide: Birds...
- Mirounga. Both species, the
northern elephant seal (
M.
angustirostris) and the
southern elephant seal (
M. leonina), were
hunted to the
brink of extinction...
- of S.
angustirostris (although the name
antedates S.
angustirostris).
Until a 2011
reevaluation of the
species by Phil R. Bell, S.
angustirostris was not...
-
known to
range from sea
level to as much as 2,600
m (8,500 ft) in the
Moroccan High
Atlas and 4,000
m (13,000 ft) in Ethiopia's Bale Mountains. Throughout...
- seal is
about 40%
heavier than a male
northern elephant seal (Mirounga
angustirostris),
which is
nearly twice the
weight of a male
walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)...
- Torregrosa, V.; Figueiridio, B.; Jiménez-Arenas, J.
M.;
Patrocinio Espigares,
M.; Ros-Montoya, Sergio; De Renzi,
M. (2011). "The
giant hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris:...
- mammals. It can leap
higher than 3.0
m (9.8 ft) and
catch birds in midair. It
stalks its prey
until it is
within 5
m (16 ft) of it,
after which it runs...
-
elevation of 60
m (200 ft) in the
Hukaung Valley, at
elevations from 220–280
m (720–920 ft) in the
Rakhine Yoma
Elephant Reserve, and at 580
m (1,900 ft) and...
- and reptiles,
using its
sense of
hearing to
locate prey. It
leaps over 2
m (6 ft 7 in)
above the
ground to land on the prey on its forefeet, and finally...
