answersLogoWhite

0

Both northern and southern elephant seals are considered 'threatened,' meaning they could become endangered in the future. However, all marine mammals are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What exticnt elephas?

The Mammoth was an extinct species of elephant in Europe. The Masatodon was an extinct species in North America.


What elephants are extinct?

The most well-known extinct elephant species is the mammoth, which went extinct about 4,000 years ago. Other extinct elephants include the straight-tusked elephant and the dwarf elephant species that lived on islands like Sicily and Malta.


What species of land animal is the closest surviving relative of the extinct woolly mammoth?

Elephant


Why are elephant seals are gray?

Because elephant seals are gray.


What species of land animal is the closest surviving relative of the extinct wooly mammoth?

Indian elephant


When did seals become extinct?

seals are still around. they are not yet extinct but are becoming extinct


What species is the African elephant?

4 African Elephant species are extinct while 2 still exist.In existence:African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)African Forest Elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)Extinct:Loxodonta adauroraLoxodonta atlanticaLoxodonta exaptataNorth African Elephant (Loxodonta africana pharaoensis


What eats elephant seals?

Killer wales eat elephant seals


Is an elephant seal a true seal?

Yes. Elephant seals, genus mirounga, are one of the most commonly known species of seals due to their unusual face shape. Their name is given to them based off their long trunk-like nose, similar to that of an elephant. One species of elephant seal lives along the coast of the U.S., Canada, Mexico, while another species lives along the coast of South Africa, New Zealand and Argentina.


Why are elephant seals called elephant seals?

They are called elephant seals because they have long noses like a regular elephant.


How many kinds of elephants are there?

There are three types of elephant species alive still. 1 African forest elephant (Africa) (Loxodonta cyclotis) 2 African bush elephant (Africa) (Loxodonta africana) 3 Asian Elephant (Asia) (Elephas maximus) Extinct species are the Mammoth and the Mastodon.


What is the plural of mammoth?

The adjective mammoth does not have a plural.The noun, referring to an extinct elephant species, has a normal plural, mammoths.