Northern Elephant Seal

Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assessment. Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page for any further reports on the species.

Pictures and video of what is believed to be the first Northern elephant seal born on Race Rocks, Southern Vancouver Island BC, CANADA (Jan 30th, 2009)

November 2008 - Northern elephant seal found dead in Nanaimo. Photos of the Northern Elephant Seal Necropsy(the investigation into what killed the animal); photos taken by Massimiliano Rosso.

Live N. elephant seal camera in California. Click on the link “HD Sealcam" in the lower left-hand corner of the webpage.

http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/eco/taxalab/ashleyc.htm - Lester B. Pearson's natural history and many video clips from Race Rocks.

http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/rreo/rreoref/mmammals/sealsandsealions.htm - report from 1984 from Michael Bigg and Peter Olesiuk; dated but still good natural history information

More video of elephant seals - includes mating information

http://www.pinnipeds.org/species/nelephnt.htm - Seal Conservation Society; international information

Sounds:
- http://www.elephantseal.org/sounds.htm
- http://www.junglewalk.com/frames.asp - type in "elephant seal" in the search bar and you will get - many site listings, lots of video footage, even sounds!
-http://cetus.ucsd.edu/voicesinthesea_org/Flash/ - to hear your animal click "pinnipeds" and then click the image of the animal at the bottom of the page

www.oceanlink.island.net - Bamfield Research Station’s detailed marine biology page search for your species

http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/learning/education/pinnipeds/noelephseal.asp - This is an American website so be careful when using it for population estimates in BC and COSEWIC status in your report

http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/marine_mammals.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=55 - lots of detail about identification some information about behaviour and threats. An international webpage.

http://www.vanaqua.org/aquanews/archive.html - enter the species name in the search field to get any AquaNews bulletins posted by the Vancouver Marine Sciences Centre

http://www.dosits.org/animals/intro.htm - study how marine mammals make sound and how sound effects them.

http://netvet.wustl.edu/marine.htm - net vet marine mammals; search links for information that may be relevant to your species Not a Canadian page

http://www.whaletimes.org/whafshn.htm - species information sheets for cetaceans and pinnipeds