Monachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850) . 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).