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Mediterranean Monk Seal
Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779)
Also calledAkdeniz foku (tur) · Ağqarın Aralıq dənizi suitisi (aze) · Bumerin (mlt) · Foca monaca (ita) · Foca monaca mediterranea (ita) · Foca monje (spa) · Foca monje del Mediterráneo (spa) · Foca monjo del Mediterrani (cat) · Foca-episcop (ron) · Foca-monge (por) · Foca-monge-do-Mediterrâneo (por) · Foka e Mesdheut (sqi) · Gewone Monniksrob (nld) · Lobo-marinho (por)
First described in: Beschaft. Berlin Ges. Naturforsch. Fr. vol.4 p.501, pls. 12, 13
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: Rare; confined to the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent coasts of the Atlantic Ocean. Recorded in the northern part of the Syrian coast. (Fig. 88) Previous records: Ras Al-Baseet by Mo et al. (2003) and Jony & Ibrahim (2006). Recent records: Locally most found to the northern part of the Syrian coast (see Güçlüsoy & Savas 2003), i. e., north of Latakia, mainly near the Research Institute (Côte d’Azur), Burj Islam and the area between Um et-Tiur and Ras Al-Baseet (2004 – 2023), and Wadi Qandil (2013).
Checklist of Mammals of Syria
conservation
Conservation: albiventer (Boddaert, 1785); atlantica (Gray, 1854); bicolor (Shaw, 1800); crinita (Menis, 1848); hermannii (Lesson, 1828); isidorei (Lesson, 1843); leucogaster (Péron and Lesueur, 1816); mediterraneus Nilsson, 1838.
Order Carnivora
distribution
Distribution: Coastal regions of Mediterranean and Black Seas and NW Africa to Cape Blanc: Algeria, Balearic Isls, Cape Verde, Crete, Cyprus, France, Gambia, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Russia, Sardinia, Senegal, Sicily, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey. status: CITES – Appendix I; U. S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered.
Order Carnivora
materials_examined
Type Locality: " Dalmation Sea at Ossero. " [Serbia and Montenegro] King (1956).
Order Carnivora
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2434779.