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Northern elephant seal
California Academy of Sciences2013
California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, CA, United States
Northern elephant seal / CAS:MAM:30141
An elephant seal dives hundreds of meters (a couple thousand feet) underwater to feed. Its large eyes may help it see a potential meal in the dark of the deep ocean.
Skull. Cataloged for the 2014 Skulls exhibit. S.L. 155 cm (61 inches). Fresh dead.
To learn more about this specimen, please visit our Institute for Biodiversity Science & Sustainability, navigate to the relevant Research Collection, and search using the Catalog Number listed here.
Details
- Title: Northern elephant seal
- Creator: California Academy of Sciences
- Date Created: 2013
- Location: San Francisco, Ocean Beach GGNRA, about 200 yards south of Sloat Boulevard, San Francisco Co., California, United States
- Location Created: California Academy of Sciences
- Subject Keywords: mammal, mammalogy, elephant-seal, northern-elephant-seal, skull
- Sex: M
- Scientific Name: Mirounga angustirostris
- Life Stage: Immature
- Family: Phocidae
- Collection: Mammalogy: Marine
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