The National Red List Project

NRLD - 92226 | Mirounga leonina

Assessment ID
92226
Taxon name
Mirounga leonina
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Mirounga leonina
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name(s)
Southern elephant seal
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
phocidae
Genus
Mirounga
Species
leonina
Species authority
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
New Zealand
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
New Zealand
Country ISO code(s)
NZL
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
1 Nationally critical
Abbreviated status
CR
Qualifying criteria (if given)
Status criteria: 1, 2a
Criteria system used
Non-IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2005
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Hitchmough, R., Bull, L., Cromarty, P (compilers). 2007. New Zealand Threat Classification System lists- 2005. Wellington: New Zealand Department of Conservation.
Criteria system used
Non-IUCN
Reference for methods given
Molloy, J.; Bell, B.; Clout, M.; de Lange, P.; Gibbs, G.; Given, D.; Norton, D.; Smith, N.; Stephens, T. 2002: Classifying species according to threat of extinction. A system for NewZealand. Threatened species occasional publication 22, 26 p.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultiPageDocumentTOC.aspx?id=42704; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/TSOP22.pdf; http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/sap244.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005
Hitchmough, R., L. Bull, and P. Cromarty (compilers). 2007. New Zealand Threat Classification System lists - 2005. New Zealand Department of Conservation, Wellington.