Elephant seals at Point Reyes National Seashore 1
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Title
Elephant seals at Point Reyes National Seashore 1
Common Name
Northern Elephant Seal
Scientific Name
Mirounga angustirostris
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Carnivora
Family
Phocidae
Genus
Mirounga
Subject
Mammals; Places; Nature sounds
Spatial Coverage
Point Reyes National Seashore (Calif.); Marin County (Calif.); California
Creator
Nafis, Gary
Media Rights Management
Audio file copyright Gary Nafis, http://www.californiaherps.com/. All rights reserved
Publisher
Western Soundscape Archive; University of Utah
Date
2008-11-17
Type
Sound
Format
video/mp4
Digitization Specifications
Compressed from .wav format into .mp4 delivery format
Contributing Institution
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112; Ecological and animal data provided by NatureServe. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available http://www.natureserve.org/explorer
Description
Vocalizations of distant elephant seals
Photo Rights Management
Public Domain; Photo courtesy of U.S. National Park Service; http://www.nps.gov/pore/naturescience/images/pic_esealcolony_285x190.jpg
Note
Recorded from far above near Chimney Rock Point Reyes. Seals were lying on a sandy beach in a small cove.
Full Nature Serve Report
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchSpeciesUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.105540
ARK
ark:/87278/s6m04jsj
Setname
uu_wss
ID
1118479
Reference URL
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m04jsj