Mirounga leonina (Southern Elephant Seal)
Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758)
This species is the largest of the pinnipeds. It is the species with the greatest sexual dimorphism among members of the family Phocidae (Stewart, 2014). It has a bulky body, and its head and eyes are large. They have a coat of short, stiff hair covering the whole body. At birth the skin is very…
