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Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Phocidae

Genus: Monachus

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Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 280 cm TL
Monachus monachus(Hermann, 1779)

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Monachus monachus
[Mediterranean monk seal]

FAO

Pacific Ocean.
Max. Length 240 cm TL
Monachus schauinslandiMatschie, 1905

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Monachus schauinslandi
[Hawaiian monk seal]

FAO

Western Central Atlantic.
Max. Length 240 cm TL
Monachus tropicalis(Gray, 1850)

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Monachus tropicalis
[West Indian monk seal]


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