Animal Diversity Web lists the following habitats for Mirounga leonina: marine habitats.
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Animal Diversity Web lists the following habitats for Mirounga leonina: marine habitats.
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In NAKTASHIF worlds:Marine and coastal habitats
Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20261108T094217962 · last approved 8 November 2026
GBIF reports an observation attributed to Mirounga leonina in Antarctica, dated 2026-01-15. This is a reported occurrence only, not evidence of native range, breeding, exhaustive distribution or a wild setting.
The southern elephant seal has a circumpolar distribution around the South Pole, and visits sub-Antarctic islands to breed from September to November and to moult its hair and skin from January to April.
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