WRONG WAY HOME: AN INFANT SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL (MIROUNGA LEONINA) ARRIVAL ON SOUTHEASTERN BRAZILIAN BEACHES

• Published in: Boletim do Laboratório de Hidrobiologia
• Main Authors: Siciliano, Salvatore, Baldassin, Paula, Hauser-Davis, Rachel Ann, Mayorga, Luis Felipe S. P., Moreira, Sérgio C., Vieira, Tatiane B., Ribeiro, Ivan A., Buffa, Renata F., Amorim, Carlos Eduardo S. de
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Maranhão 2020
• Subjects: Mirounga leonina; Erratic movements; Vagrant; South Atlantic; Elefante; Larga; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://periodicoseletronicos.ufma.br/index.php/blabohidro/article/view/13577; https://doi.org/10.18764/1981-6421e2020.12

ABSTRACTRecords of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) as vagrants along the SE Brazilian coast date back the late 50’s and have been relatively common over the last decades. These large marine mammals usually call much attention when they arrive on tropical beaches worldwide and are generall...