elephant seal
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Summary
elephant seal is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.26% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,214 views/month, #505 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Parent taxon: Monachinae[4]
- Taxon name: Mirounga[5]
- Commons category: Mirounga[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mirounga[7]
- Commons gallery: Mirounga[8]
- Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
- Taxon synonym: Macrorhinus[13]
- Taxon author citation: Gray, 1827[14]
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Identifiers
elephant seal's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41727[15]. elephant seal's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9714[16]. elephant seal's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42397[17]. elephant seal's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2434812[18]. elephant seal's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180670[19].
Discovery and Description
Things named for elephant seal include Elephant Flats[20], a mudflat[21].
Why It Matters
elephant seal has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]
Entities named for it include Elephant Flats[20], a mudflat[21].