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Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779)

Dataset
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Published in
Beschaft. Berlin Ges. Naturforsch. Fr. vol.4 p.501, pls. 12, 13
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Phocidae
genus
Monachus
species
Monachus monachus

Name

Synonyms
Heliophoca atlantica Gray, 1854
Leptonyx monachus (Hermann, 1779)
Monachus albiventer (Boddaert, 1785)
Monachus atlantica (Gray, 1854)
Monachus bicolor (Shaw, 1800)
Monachus hermannii (Lesson, 1828)
Monachus leucogaster (Péron & Lesueur, 1816)
Monachus mediterraneus Nilsson, 1838
Pelagocyon monachus (Hermann, 1779)
Phoca albiventer Boddaert, 1785
Phoca bicolor Shaw, 1800
Phoca hermannii Lesson, 1828
Phoca isidorei Lesson, 1843
Phoca leucogaster Péron & Lesueur, 1816
Phoca monachus Hermann, 1779
Homonyms
Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779)
Common names
Akdeniz foku in Turkish
Bumerin in Maltese
Foca monaca in Italian
Foca monje in Spanish
Foca monje del Mediterráneo in Spanish
Foca-episcop in Romanian
Foca-monge in Portuguese
Foka e Mesdheut in Albanian
Lobo-marinho in Portuguese
Mediterranean Monk Seal in English
Mediterranean Monk Seal in English
Mediterranean Monk Seal in English
Mediterranean Monk Seal in English
Mediterranean Monk Seal in English
Mediterranean monk seal in English
Mediterranean monk seal in English
Mediterrán barátfóka in Hungarian
Middelhavsmunkesel in Norwegian
Mittelmeer Mönchsrobbe in German
Mittelmeer-Mönchsrobbe in German
Monka in Maltese
Monniksrob in Dutch
Munkaselur in Icelandic
Munkesæl in Danish
Munkhüljes in Estonian
Munkkihylje in Finnish
Munksäl in Swedish
Mönchsrobbe in German
Phoque moine in French
Sredozemna medvjedica in Croatian
Sredozemska medvedjica in Slovenian
Mediterranean Monk Seal in English
Akdeniz foku in Turkish
Foca Monje in Spanish
Lobo-marinho in Portuguese
Mediterranean monk seal in English
Mittelmeer-Mönchsrobbe in German
Mönchsrobbe in German
Phoque-moine Méditerranéen in French
Sredozemska medvedjica in Slovenian
foca cu burtă albă in Romanian
foca monaca in Italian
foca monje in Spanish
foca monje del Mediterráneo in Spanish
foca-episcop in Romanian
foka e Mesdheut in Albanian
mniszka śródziemnomorska in Polish
monk seal in English
monniksrob in Dutch
munkesæl in Danish

Bibliographic References

  1. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  5. Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds., 2018: null. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition. xxxi + 1157.
  6. van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376
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