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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...
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Hawaiian monk seal is one of two
extant monk seal species; the
other is the
Mediterranean monk seal. A
third species, the
Caribbean monk seal, is extinct...
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Caribbean monk seal (Neomonachus tropicalis), also
known as the West
Indian seal or sea wolf, is an
extinct species of
seal native to the Caribbean...
- The
Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is a
monk seal belonging to the
family Phocidae. As of 2015[update], it is
estimated that
fewer than 700...
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tropical monk seals, are
mostly confined to polar, subpolar, and
temperate climates. The
Baikal seal is the only
species of
exclusively freshwater seal. The...
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become extinct in the past century,
while the
Mediterranean monk seal and
Hawaiian monk seal are
ranked as
endangered by the
International Union for Conservation...
- elongated, the form and
features of the head
resembling the "phoque moine" or
monk seal, with a
small number of
whiskers short and
simple in shape. Blainville...
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Elephant seals or sea
elephants are very large,
oceangoing earless seals in the
genus Mirounga. Both species, the
northern elephant seal (M. angustirostris)...
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Caribbean monk seal nasal mite, is an
extinct species of mite. An
obligate parasite, it
depended on the
nasal cavity of the
Caribbean monk seal (Neomonachus...
- Monument. It
served as a
significant habitat for the
endangered Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) and
green sea
turtle (Chelonia mydas). The...
