southern elephant seal

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q215343
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Summary

southern elephant seal is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.3% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,855 views/month, #593 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: elephant seal[5]
  • Taxon name: Mirounga leonina[6]
  • Commons category: Mirounga leonina[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mirounga leonina[8]
  • Commons gallery: Mirounga leonina[9]
  • Original combination: Phoca leonina[10]
  • Taxon common name: Southern Elephant Seal[11], Elefante Marino Del Sur[12], Südlicher See-Elefant[13], Eléphant De Mer Austral[14], Eléphant de mer du sud[15], South Atlantic Elephant-seal[16], Southern Elephant-seal[17], mirunga[18], słoń morski[19], słoń morski południowy[20]
  • Gestation period: 50 week[21]
  • Taxon author citation: (Linnaeus, 1758)[22]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES[23]
  • Taxon range: Brazil[24]
  • NZTCS conservation status: nationally critical[25]

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Identifiers

southern elephant seal's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41729[26]. southern elephant seal's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9715[27]. southern elephant seal's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2434814[28]. southern elephant seal's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180671[29].

Why It Matters

southern elephant seal has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [27] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . New Zealand Threat Classification System Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · Nitraus · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Iucn conservation status: Vulnerable"
  2. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → southern-elephant-seal
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: southern-elephant-seal, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960469|southern elephant seal (#289960469)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalo"
  3. 18w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → Q120446
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nztcs conservation status → nationally critical
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    Temporal range start → Q25546
    Taxon rank → species
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007560967505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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