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The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is a monk seal belonging to the family Phocidae.As of 2015, it is estimated that fewer than 700 individuals survive in three or four isolated subpopulations in the Mediterranean, (especially) in the Aegean Sea, the archipelago of Madeira and the Cabo Blanco area in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. [3]
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.
Signing of the Mediterranean Monk Seal MoU, Adeje, Spain, 18 October 2007 Monk seal distribution. Recalling that the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is included in both Appendix I and II of CMS, thus highlighting the need for concerted action and international cooperation among the range states and noting the important ecological role the monk seal plays, an Article IV agreement ...
Genus Monachus – Fleming, 1822 – one species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Mediterranean monk seal. M. monachus (Hermann, 1779) Scattered portions of the Mediterranean Sea Size: 230–280 cm (91–110 in) long; 240–300 kg (529–661 lb) [39]
Mediterranean monk seal. The following species are locally extinct in Spain but continue to exist elsewhere: Alpine shrew, Sorex alpinus [90] Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus [91] Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx [92] [93] Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus [94]
Megan McGinnis, associate director of Hawaii Community Conservation at Ke Kai Ola, said in a news release that the 2023 monk seal population estimate was over 1, 600. Nearly 30 % of the seals are ...
Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus EN; See also. List of chordate orders; Lists of mammals by region; List of prehistoric mammals; Mammal classification;
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 ...