The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is a monk seal belonging to the family Phocidae. As of 2015[update], it is estimated that fewer than 700...
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species: the Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus; the Hawaiian monk seal, Neomonachus schauinslandi; and the Caribbean monk seal, Neomonachus tropicalis...
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Islands, and the Mediterranean monk seal, a vulnerable species, predominantly found in the waters off of Greece. Caribbean monk seals had a relatively...
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Hawaiian monk seal is one of two extant monk seal species; the other is the Mediterranean monk seal. A third species, the Caribbean monk seal, is extinct...
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tropical monk seals, are mostly confined to polar, subpolar, and temperate climates. The Baikal seal is the only species of exclusively freshwater seal. The...
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Conservation Measures for the Eastern Atlantic Populations of the Mediterranean Monk Seal is a multilateral environmental memorandum of understanding (MoU)...
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have become extinct in the past century, while the Mediterranean monk seal and Hawaiian monk seal are ranked as endangered by the International Union...
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the island of Gyaros in the eastern Mediterranean are the only places in the world where Mediterranean monk seals preserve the structure of a colony....
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bream. Other marine life include sea turtles, dolphins or the rare Mediterranean monk seal. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved...
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the breeding area for the largest population of the endangered Mediterranean monk seal, and about fifteen species of whales, dolphins and porpoises are...
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plant and animal species such as: endemic orchids, butterflies, Mediterranean monk seal, crabs and more. The best evidence about the ancient history of...
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such as the loggerhead and green sea turtle but also the mediterranean monk seal, the rarest seal species in the world. The landmass of the peninsula is...
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elongated, the form and features of the head resembling the "phoque moine" or monk seal, with a small number of whiskers short and simple in shape. Blainville...
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of them is the Mediterranean monk seal which is considered to be among the world's most endangered marine mammals. The Mediterranean is also plagued...
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The subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) is a species of arctocephaline found in the southern parts of the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans...
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Elephant seals or sea elephants are very large, oceangoing earless seals in the genus Mirounga. Both species, the northern elephant seal (M. angustirostris)...
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The Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica), also known as Lake Baikal seal or Baikal nerpa (нерпа), is a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia...
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Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) Neomonachus Hawaiian monk seal (N. schauinslandi)...
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the Mediterranean Sea. There is no scientific explanation for the increase in sightings and range of the hooded seal. The diet of the hooded seal is composed...
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Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) Neomonachus Hawaiian monk seal (N. schauinslandi)...
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The grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) is a large seal of the family Phocidae, which are commonly referred to as "true seals" or "earless seals". The only...
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protected areas established in Turkey for the preservation of the Mediterranean monk seal, a heavily endangered species of sea mammals. The Turkish Navy...
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are locally extinct in the area but continue to exist elsewhere: Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus List of chordate orders Lists of mammals by...
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The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the...
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Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) Neomonachus Hawaiian monk seal (N. schauinslandi)...
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Mediterranean basin include the Mediterranean monk seal, the Barbary macaque, and the Iberian lynx. The WWF identifies 22 Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and...
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Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) Neomonachus Hawaiian monk seal (N. schauinslandi)...
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The northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) is one of two species of elephant seal (the other is the southern elephant seal). It is a member of...
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the butterfly Corsican swallowtail. Marine mammals include the Mediterranean monk seal, the fin whale, sperm whale, and various smaller whales and dolphins...
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habitats and way of life. The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is the only species of marine mammal in the Mediterranean not belonging to the cetacean...
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