New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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FURTHER BIRTH RECORDS OF ELEPHANT SEALS MIROUNGA LEONINA IN NEW ZEALAND (NOTE)

J. A. Mills

New Zealand Wildlife Service, Department of Internal Affairs, Private Bag, Wellington, New Zealand

J. P. Ryder

Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B5E1

P. W. Shaw

R. McLay

New Zealand Wildlife Service, Department of Internal Affairs, Private Bag, Wellington, New Zealand

Abstract The second and third recorded births of southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina on the mainland of New Zealand occurred at Kaikoura in mid-October 1976. One female pup died within 14 d of birth and the other (sex unknown) disappeared from the region with its mother on 19 November 1976.

N.Z. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 11 (4) : 789 - 91
Received 7 April 1977.

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