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Monachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850)
West Indian monk seal
Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Mammalia | Carnivora | Phocidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Bathydemersal. Tropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Western Central Atlantic. Tropical, subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 240 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1394); max. published weight: 270.0 kg (Ref. 1394)
Diet is unknown but is speculated to feed on algae, fish, bivalves, cephalopods, and hard-shelled crustaceans (Ref. 111209).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. (Ref. 1394)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Extinct (EX) ; Date assessed: 04 June 2014
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Appendix I: International trade banned
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Abundance
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Physiology
Oxygen consumption
Human Related
Stamps, coins, misc.
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References
Internet sources
BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: species profile; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.