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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.