Neomonachus tropicalis

(J. E. Gray, 1850)

Caribbean Monk Seal

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Phocoidea
Family : Phocidae
Genus : Neomonachus

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1850-07-06. Catalogue of the Specimens of Mammalia in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Cetacea. British Museum, London, 153 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12931837

Original name as described

Phoca tropicalis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1847.2.2.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f9976b54-53ad-4db3-8076-7426eab08b85

Type locality

Pedro Cays, 80 km S of Jamaica.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Antigua and Barbuda · Bahamas · Belize · Costa Rica · Cuba · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Guadeloupe · Haiti · Honduras · Jamaica · Mexico · Nicaragua · Puerto Rico · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(FL,GA)

Taxonomy notes

moved from Monachus to Neomonachus

Taxonomy notes citation

Scheel, D. M., Slater, G. J., Kolokotronis, S. O., Potter, C. W., Rotstein, D. S., Tsangaras, K., ... & Helgen, K. M. (2014). Biogeography and taxonomy of extinct and endangered monk seals illuminated by ancient DNA and skull morphology. ZooKeys, (409), 1.

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005922

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Phoca tropicalis

(J. E. Gray, 1850)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

tropicalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1847.2.2.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f9976b54-53ad-4db3-8076-7426eab08b85

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12931837

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Murray (1866:330, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Wilkianus

(Gosse, 1851)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

wilkianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notpublishedwithageneric_name

Authority page

308 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24081362

Authority publication

London

Monachus tropicalis

(J. E. Gray, 1866)

Family

Phocidae

Root name

tropicalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9729742

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1866:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9729742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37226)
  2. True (1885:607, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  3. Goodwin (1946:444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:287, 288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  7. Wozencraft (1993:331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  8. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Neomonachus tropicalis

Scheel, Slater, Kolokotronis, C. W. Potter, Rotstein, Tsangaras, A. D. Greenwood, & K. M. Helgen, 2014

Family

Phocidae

Root name

tropicalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

8

Authority publication

ZooKeys

Name usages

  1. Scheel, Slater, Kolokotronis, Potter, Rotstein, Tsangaras, Greenwood & Helgen (2014:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20856)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13655/45228171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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