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SpeciesCarnivoraPhocidae
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🦭Caribbean monk seal

Monachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850)

Västindisk munksäl (Monachus tropicalis, syn. Neomonachus tropicalis) är ett utdött däggdjur som levde fram till 1950-talet i Västindien.

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Conservation status
Not evaluated

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Key measurements
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
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Body mass
270 kgmaximum recorded
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Body length
2.4 mmaximum recorded, total length
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Volume l
270 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderCarnivora
  5. ›familyPhocidae
  6. ›genusNeomonachus
  7. ›speciesNeomonachus tropicalis
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  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  3. familyPhocidae
  4. genusNeomonachus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  12. suborderCaniformia
  13. familyPhocidae
  14. genusNeomonachus
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In other languages
Karibische Mönchsrobbe (de), Mniszka karaibska (pl), Monachus tropicalis (ca), Monachus tropicalis (es), floridanhylje (fi), Monachus tropicalis (fr) … and 23 more languages
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