Twin foetuses in the Southern Elephant Seal

The Southern Elephant Seal, Mirounga leonina (L.) generally gives birth to a single pup, but occasional twins have been suspected based on the presence of two pups suckling from one cow (Angot, 1954; Laws, 1956; Carrick, Csordas and Ingham. 1962). Only one almost definite case of twins has been desc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bryden, MM
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1966
Subjects:
Royal Society of Tasmania
RST
Van Diemens Land
natural history
science
ecology
taxonomy
botany
zoology
geology
geography
papers & proceedings
Australia
UTAS Library
Angot
Elephant Seal
Mirounga leonina
Southern Elephant Seal
Online Access:https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14282/
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14282/1/1966_Bryden_Twin_foetuses_southern_elephant_seal.pdf
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Summary:The Southern Elephant Seal, Mirounga leonina (L.) generally gives birth to a single pup, but occasional twins have been suspected based on the presence of two pups suckling from one cow (Angot, 1954; Laws, 1956; Carrick, Csordas and Ingham. 1962). Only one almost definite case of twins has been descrtbed in this animal (Carrick et al., loc. cit.). One case of conjoined twins has been described (Laws, 1953), and another mentioned (Laws, 1956).

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