Atypical records of pinniped specimens housed in the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’

• Published in: Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals
• Main Authors: Daneri, Gustavo Adolfo, Varela, Esperanza Amalia, Di Martino, Cecilia Carina, Harrington, A., Montiel, Ricardo Alberto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedad Latinoamericana de Especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos
• Subjects: Museum; Pinnipeds; Distribution; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Argentina; Argentino; Esperanza; Gustavo; Hydrurga; Reeves; Ricardo; The Antarctic; Varela; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Crabeater Seal; Elephant Seal; Hydrurga leptonyx; Leopard Seal; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Fur Seal
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/29721

Pinnipeds are widely distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The most common species that occur along the Argentinean coast are the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), the southern fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) and the South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens), with their breeding colo...