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title: "Mirunga południowa"
description: "Mirounga leonina — Ssaki. The southern elephant seal is one of two species of elephant seals."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/southern-elephant-seal
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mirunga południowa

> Mirounga leonina — Ssaki. The southern elephant seal is one of two species of elephant seals.

- Scientific name: *Mirounga leonina*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże), `arctic` (Arktyka)
- iNaturalist observations: 3848
- Wikidata: [Q215343](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215343)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41729](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41729)

## Names

- en: Southern Elephant Seal
- de: Südlicher See-Elefant
- es: Elefante Marino Del Sur
- fr: Éléphant de mer du sud
- nl: Zuidelijke zeeolifant
- pt: Elefante-marinho-do-sul
- pl: Mirunga południowa

## Countries with the most observations

AR (863), GS (694), AU (340), NZ (232), TF (222), ZA (199), CL (155), FK (133), UY (82), BR (62), MX (42), NA (10)

## Summary

The southern elephant seal is one of two species of elephant seals. It is the largest member of the clade Pinnipedia and the order Carnivora, as well as the largest extant marine mammal that is not a cetacean. It gets its name from its massive size and the large proboscis of the adult male, which is used to produce very loud roars, especially during the breeding season. A bull southern elephant seal is about more than twice the weight of a male northern elephant seal as large sub-adult southern elephant seals have weighed 3 tons, as well as more than twice the weight of a male pacific walrus.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_elephant_seal

## Photo

![Mirunga południowa](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-elephant-seal/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philip Precey · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/261749319

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-elephant-seal?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).