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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Main Author: Bryden, MM
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1966
Subjects:
RST
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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spelling ftunivtasmania:oai:eprints.utas.edu.au:14282 2023-05-15T16:05:06+02:00 Twin foetuses in the Southern Elephant Seal Bryden, MM 1966 application/pdf https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14282/ https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14282/1/1966_Bryden_Twin_foetuses_southern_elephant_seal.pdf en eng https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14282/1/1966_Bryden_Twin_foetuses_southern_elephant_seal.pdf Bryden, MM 1966 , 'Twin foetuses in the Southern Elephant Seal' , Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, vol. 100 , pp. 89-90 . cc_utas Royal Society of Tasmania RST Van Diemens Land natural history science ecology taxonomy botany zoology geology geography papers & proceedings Australia UTAS Library Article PeerReviewed 1966 ftunivtasmania 2020-05-30T07:28:04Z 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). Article in Journal/Newspaper Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina Southern Elephant Seal University of Tasmania: UTas ePrints Angot ENVELOPE(-61.676,-61.676,-63.816,-63.816)
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taxonomy
botany
zoology
geology
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Australia
UTAS Library
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RST
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papers & proceedings
Australia
UTAS Library
Bryden, MM
Twin foetuses in the Southern Elephant Seal
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papers & proceedings
Australia
UTAS Library
description 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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title Twin foetuses in the Southern Elephant Seal
title_short Twin foetuses in the Southern Elephant Seal
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publishDate 1966
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Bryden, MM 1966 , 'Twin foetuses in the Southern Elephant Seal' , Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, vol. 100 , pp. 89-90 .
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