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Adult male Northern Elephant Seal

Left ulna and premolar of Allodesmus kernensis, an early pinniped
from the mid-Miocene Temblor Formation, located near the city of
Bakersfield, California.
[Separate images. Not to scale.]

Elephant seal rookery at Aņo Nuevo, San Mateo Co.
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The order
Pinnipedia is represented in California by the
following taxa:
Family Otariidae
(eared seals and sea lions)
Genus Arctocephalus
Arctocephalus townsendi
(Guadalupe Fur Seal)
Genus Callorhinus
Callorhinus ursinus (Northern
Fur Seal)
Genus Eumetopias
Eumetopias jubatus (Stellar's
Sea Lion)
Genus Zalophus
Zalophus californianus
(California Sea Lion)
Family Phocidae (hair seals)
Genus Histriophoca
Histriophoca fasciata (Ribbon
Seal)
Genus Mirounga
Mirounga
angustirostris (Northern Elephant Seal)
Genus Phoca
Phoca vitulina (Harbor Seal)
Genus Pusa
Pusa hispida (Ringed Seal)
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