Occurrence of the "southern elephant seal" Mirounga leonida Linnaeus, 1758 (Carnivora: Pinnipedia: Phocidae) in the coast of El Salvador

• Published in: Revista Minerva
• Main Authors: López, Wilfredo A., López Martínez, Roxana Margarita, López, Raúl Ernesto, Martínez de Navas, Elba, Pineda, Luis, Castaneda, Melvin Giovanni
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Secretaría de Investigaciones científicas de la Universidad de El Salvador 2022
• Subjects: Ocurrencia; Pacífico Oriental Tropical; Phocidae; Mirounga leonida; El Salvador; Ocurrence; Tropical Eastern Pacific; Barra; Elefante; Pacific; The Beaches; Tuvo; Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seal
• Online Access: https://www.camjol.info/index.php/revminerva/article/view/15600; https://doi.org/10.5377/revminerva.v5i1.15600

During the month of January 2021, there was the visit of a “southern elephant seal” Mirounga leonida [Linnaeus, 1758] on the coast of El Salvador, Central American Pacific Ocean, specifically observed in the western zone between January 15 and 16 in the Natural Protected Area and Ramsar Site Complej...