🦭Caribbean monk seal

Monachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850)

加勒比僧海豹（学名：Neomonachus tropicalis），又名西印度僧海豹，是一种已滅絕的新僧海豹屬。牠們是唯一在加勒比海及墨西哥灣生活的海豹。最後確定觀察到牠們是於1952年在小塞拉納島。於2008年，美國政府宣佈經過5年搜尋，認為牠們已經滅絕。加勒比僧海豹的骨頭現正存放在鹿礁島的博物館內。

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vs you

≈ 4.4× your weight

Conservation status

Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Monachus tropicalis yet.

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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Everything we know about the Caribbean monk seal

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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.

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.

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kingdomMetazoa
phylumChordata
subphylumCraniata
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
superclassSarcopterygii
superclassTetrapoda
classMammals · Mammalia
subclassTheria
superorderLaurasiatheria
orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
suborderCaniformia
familyPhocidae
genusNeomonachus

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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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