Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
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Examples
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Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii); southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina); and southern fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella).
Antarctic Peninsula 2009
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The two marine mammals found on land are the subantarctic fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis and southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina.
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Among the distinctive endemics are the Los Archipelago worm lizard (Cynisca leonina), Benson's mabuya (Mabuya bensonii), and the Liberia worm snake (Typhlops leucostictus).
Biological diversity in the Guinean forests of West Africa 2008
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) numbered 110,000 during the mid-1950s.
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Studies on the Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina (L.).
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Subantarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis (200,000 individuals and increasing), and southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina (about 100 individuals) are the only two native breeding mammals.
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Large populations of southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina occur on Heard Island, principally on the eastern spit, although numbers have decreased significantly in recent years.
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The Catlins Forest Park coastline is the only place where elephant seals (Mirounga leonina), New Zealand fur seals (Arctocephalus forsteri) and the New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri VU) all co-exist.
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While the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) no longer breeds on the islands, its numbers have been increasing.
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Subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) are abundant, and southern elephant seal populations (Mirounga leonina) have been increasing.
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