Either of the two largest pinniped species: the northern elephant seal ( Mirounga angustirostris ), of coastal islands off California and Baja California, or the southern elephant seal ( M. leonina ), of sub-Antarctic regions.
Both are gregarious earless seals . The male has an inflatable, trunklike snout. The northern species is yellowish or gray-brown, the southern species blue-gray. Males of both species reach a length of about 21 ft (6.5 m) and a weight of about 7,780 lbs (3,530 kg) and are much larger than the females. Elephant seals feed on fish and squid or other cephalopods . During the breeding season, bulls fight to establish territories along beaches and to acquire harems of up to 40 cows.
Elephant seal bull ( Mirounga )
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