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Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779)
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Beschaft. Berlin Ges. Naturforsch. Fr. vol.4 p.501, pls. 12, 13
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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Monachus
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species
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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 Mediterraneo in language.
- 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 language.
- Mediterranean monk seal in English
- Mediterranean monk seal in English
- Mediterrán barátfóka in Hungarian
- Middelhavsmunkesel in Norwegian
- Mittelmeer Mönchsrobbe in German
- Mittelmeer-Monchsrobbe in German
- Mittelmeer-Mönchsrobbe in German
- Monk Seal in English
- 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 de la Méditerranée in French
- Phoque moine in French
- Sredozemna medvjedica in Croatian
- Sredozemska medvedjica in Slovenian
- Тюлень-монах in Ukrainian
- 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
Bibliographic References
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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.
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Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds., 2018: null. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition. xxxi + 1157.
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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