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Mirounga angustirostris (Northern Elephant Seal)
Scientific name: Mirounga angustirostris

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Chordata → Subphylum Vertebrata → Infraphylum Gnathostomata → Megaclass Tetrapoda → Class Mammalia → Subclass Theria → Order Carnivora → Suborder Caniformia → Infraorder Pinnipedia → Family Phocidae → Genus Mirounga

Common name: Northern Elephant Seal
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine LifeMammalsSeals and Sea Lions

This one's a juvenile which followed us across the cove.  I definitely wouldn't want to get this close to an adult.  Video here.

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Mirounga angustirostris (Northern Elephant Seal)
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