Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus)

Query: Common seal

Result: 86^th of 102

Subject:	Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus)
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Leptonyx monachus - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ21100171.jpg

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Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus)

Leptonyx monachus
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Leptonyx monachus
New Latin name Monachus monachus
Common name Nederlands: Mediterrane monniksrob
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leptonyx_monachus_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ21100171.tif

The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is a pinniped belonging to the family Phocidae. Three or four isolated subpopulations are found in the Mediterranean (especially in the Aegean Sea), the archipelago of Madeira and the Cabo Blanco area in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is believed to be the world's rarest pinniped species.

Common seal
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