Monachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850)

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 331

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scientific name	Monachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850)
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Monachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850) View in CoL . Cat. Spec. Mamm. Coll. Br. Mus., Part 2(Seals), p. 28.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Jamaica " restricted by King (1956) to "Pedro Cays, 80 km. south of Jamaica " .

DISTRIBUTION: Caribbean Sea and Yucatan.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Extinct?.

SYNONYMS: antillarum Gray, 1849.

COMMENTS: "Extinct since the early 1950's" ( Kenyon, 1977).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Carnivora
Family	Phocidae
Genus	Monachus

Monachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850)

W. Christopher Wozencraft 1993

1993

Monachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850)

Gray 1850: 28

1850

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