Monachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Phocidae
- genus
- Neomonachus
- species
- Neomonachus tropicalis
Name
- Homonyms
- Monachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850)
- Common names
- Caribbean Monk Seal in English
- Caribbean Monk Seal in English
- Caribbean Monk Seal in English
- Caribbean monk seal in English
- Foca-monje del Caribe in Spanish
- Karibische Mönchsrobbe in German
- Phoque moine des Caraïbes, Phoque Caraïbe, Ours marin, Loup marin in French
- West Indian monk seal in English
- Caribbean monk seal in English
- West Indian monk seal in English
Bibliographic References
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
- Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743.
- Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
- Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.