Mediterranean Monk Seal Monachus monachus
Both of the two species of Monachus seals are endangered. The larger of the two, the Mediterranean monk seal, is listed by the IUCN as critically endangered. Its coat varies from dark brown to light tan.
Mediterranean monk seals have been hunted and killed for centuries. In the distant past, they were hunted for their skin.
Mediterranean monk seal
Monachus monachus
There are three species of monk seal. The Hawaiian species is endangered, the Mediterranean species is critically endangered, but sadly it is too late for the Caribbean species, which has become extinct.
The Mediterranean monk seal weighs up to 400 kg (880 lb). It is a coastal species.
Mediterranean monk seals can measure up to 2.8 m (9.2 ft.), with no size difference between males and females. Hawaiian monk seal adult males are slightly smaller than females.
Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus)
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warm-water monk seals, the Mediterranean and Caribbean monk seals, the Hawaiian monk seal has a tenuous grasp on survival. The Caribbean monk seal, in fact, is believed to have been extinct since the 1970s. Perhaps 300 to 600 Mediterranean monk seals ...
Protected species in international waters include the gray whales of the Western North Pacific population, the Gulf of California harbor porpoise, the Southern right whale, the Mediterranean monk seal, and the Ringed Seal.
Thirty three different species of pinnipeds are found around the world, and may be found in the Arctic, Antarctic and the tropics. Their populations sizes range from the Mediterranean monk seal (500 individuals) to the Crabeater seal in the ...
 See also: Monk Seal, Sea Lion, Hawaiian Monk Seal, Octopus, Lion
  
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