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The Caribbean monk seal (Neomonachus tropicalis), also known as the West Indian seal or sea wolf, was a species of seal native to the Caribbean.The main natural predators of Caribbean monk seals were large sharks, such as great whites and tiger sharks, and possibly transient orcas (though killer whales are not often sighted in the Caribbean); however, humans would become their most lethal ...
Monk seals are earless seals of the tribe Monachini.They are the only earless seals found in tropical climates. The two genera of monk seals, Monachus and Neomonachus, comprise three species: the Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus; the Hawaiian monk seal, Neomonachus schauinslandi; and the Caribbean monk seal, Neomonachus tropicalis, which became extinct in the 20th century.
Neomonachus is a genus of earless seals, within the family Phocidae.It contains two species: the endangered Hawaiian monk seal, and the extinct Caribbean monk seal.Prior to 2014, all three species of monk seals were placed in the genus Monachus, but that was found to be paraphyletic.
Caribbean monk seal† N. tropicalis (Gray, 1850) Caribbean Sea Size: 200–240 cm (79–94 in) long; 200 kg (441 lb) [5] [39] Habitat: Neritic marine, oceanic marine, intertidal marine, and coastal marine [41] Diet: Believed to have eaten eels, lobsters, octopus, and coral reef fish [41] EX 0 [41] Hawaiian monk seal. N. schauinslandi (Matschie ...
They’re worried that the artifacts collected will end up like most of the Tequesta and older material found in previous discoveries on the Miami River — shelved out of sight and forgotten.
Hawaiian monk seals grow to be 6-7 feet long, weigh 400-600 pounds, and can live more than 30 years. Males and females are generally the same size — the only way to tell them apart is to look at ...
the West Indian monk seal (Monachus tropicalis): observed for the last time in 1952, the species is officially considered extinct since 1986 by the IUCN. [142] A few sightings in the Caribbean seem to be attributable to young hooded seals (Cystophora cristata), lost far from their area of distribution. [143]
Federal wildlife officials today reported the death of a newborn monk seal pup on Oahu's North Shore due to an alleged dog attack. The pup, identified as PO7, was born to a monk seal known as ...