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Monachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850)
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Mammalia
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order
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Carnivora
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family
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Phocidae
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genus
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Neomonachus
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species
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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
- Foca-monje del Caribe in Spanish
- Karibische Mönchsrobbe in German
- West Indian monk seal in English
- Caribbean monk seal in English
- West Indian monk seal in English
Bibliographic References
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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.
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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.
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Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
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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.
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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.
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Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.