Educational resources on Caribbean Monk Seal

Caribbean Monk Seal or Monachus tropicalis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Extinct . IUCN Profile of the Caribbean Monk Seal

Academic web links for the Caribbean Monk Seal.

Caribbean Monk Seal (Monachus tropicalis)
Caribbean Monk Seal Order Pinnipedia: Family Phocidae : Monachus tropicalis (Gray) Description. The Caribbean monk seal was a relatively small seal, the
www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/monatrop.htm

ADW: Monachus tropicalis: Information
In 1493, during his famous voyage to the Americas, Columbus discovered the Caribbean monk seal. He called this creature a "sea-wolf." Because of its long isolation in the
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Monachus_tropicalis.html

monk seals
The Caribbean monk seal's specific name, tropicalis, means "belong to tropical regions", which refers to the tropical environment of the Caribbean.
www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/monk_seals.htm

Waikiki Aquarium -- Research: Monk Seals
The Caribbean monk seal is believed to have been extinct since 1952, and the Mediterranean monk seal population currently numbers less than 500 individuals.
waquarium.otted.hawaii.edu/research/monk_seals.html

Order Pinnipedia
One species has been recorded from Texas, but it is now extinct. Family Phocidae (seals) Caribbean Monk Seal, Monachus tropicalis
www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/ordpinni.htm

Alphabetic Listing of Species Entries
The Mammals of Texas - Online Edition ... Caribbean Monk Seal Cave Myotis Clymene Dolphin Collared Peccary Common Dolphin
www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/alphabet.htm

Critical Species
CRITICAL SPECIES. Within the past 100 years, 9 species of land mammals and one marine mammal (the Caribbean monk seal) have become extirpated in Texas.
www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/critical.htm

Table of Contents
Caribbean Monk Seal, Monachus tropicalis. Order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates) Key to the Even-toed Ungulates of Texas
www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/contents.htm

Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses
...(History of Caribbean monk seal.) Kooyman, G.L. 1969 "The Weddell Seal." Scientific American, Vol. 221, No. 2, pp. 100-106.
www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmnh/seals4.htm

Marine Mammal Camps Cr0005
The other two are the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) and the Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis). There are less than 400 individual Mediterranean monk
atsea.nmfs.hawaii.edu/cr0005a.htm