Monachus

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Monk seals
Monachus schauinslandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Phocidae Genus: Monachus Fleming, 1822
Species
Monachus schauinslandi Monachus monachus Monachus tropicalis

Monachus is a genus (and a subgenus of the same name) of the Family Phocidae and the Order Pinnipedia and refers to the various monk seal species throughout the world. These include:

• the Hawaiian Monk Seal or Monachus schauinslandi (endangered)
• the Mediterranean Monk Seal or Monachus monachus (critically endangered)
• the Caribbean Monk Seal or Monachus tropicalis (extinct)

[edit] External links

• The Monachus Guardian

v • d • e Extant species of family Phocidae Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Carnivora · Suborder: Caniformia Monachus Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi) · Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) Mirounga Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) · Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) Ommatophoca Ross Seal (Ommatophoca rossi) Lobodon Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) Hydrurga Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) Leptonychotes Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) Erignathus Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) Cystophora Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata) Phoca Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) · Spotted Seal (Phoca largha) Pusa Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida) · Nerpa (Pusa sibirica) · Caspian Seal (Pusa caspica) Pagophilus Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandica) Histriophoca Ribbon Seal (Histriophoca fasciata) Halichoerus Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) Category