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Mirounga (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 231398

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Carnivora (Order) > Caniformia (Suborder) > Pinnipedia (Infraorder) > Phocidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Phocidae Gray, 1821
Sources  basis of record: Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp. [details]

additional source: Shirihai, H. 2002 A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean Alula Press FI 510 pp [details]

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[hide all]		 Species Mirounga angustirostris Gill, 1866
Species Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Mirounga sp.
Mirounga sp.
added on 2010-02-18 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231398
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-05-17 09:54:26Z  created  Charbonneau, Danny
2007-03-09 09:47:31Z  changed  Charbonneau, Danny
2010-05-20 10:05:06Z  changed  Churchill, Morgan
2010-05-20 10:09:49Z  checked  Berta, Annalisa
  
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  Citation: Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2013). Mirounga (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231398 on 2013-05-23
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