🦭Caribbean monk seal
The Caribbean monk seal, also known as the West Indian seal or sea wolf, is an extinct species of seal native to the Caribbean. The main natural predators of Caribbean monk seals were American crocodiles, large sharks, such as great whites and tiger sharks, and possibly transient orcas ; however, humans would become their most lethal enemy. Overhunting of the monk seals for oil and meat, as well as overfishing of their natural prey, are the likely reasons for the seals' extinction.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Monachus tropicalis yet.
- Body mass
- 270 kg
- Body length
- 2.4 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Caribbean monk seal
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass270 kgmaximum recordedSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
Body length2.4 mmaximum recorded, total lengthSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
Volume l270 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Caribbean monk seal yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyPhocidae
- ›genusNeomonachus
- ›speciesNeomonachus tropicalis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyPhocidae
- genusNeomonachus
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyPhocidae
- genusNeomonachus
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