Neomonachus tropicalis
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Phocidae
Genus: Neomonachus
Species: †Neomonachus tropicalis
Name
[edit]Neomonachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850)
- Holotype: BMNH 1847.2.2.2, skin, collected by George Wilkie in 1846.
- Type locality: “Jamaica”.
Combinations
[edit]- Phoca tropicalis Gray, 1850: 28 [original combination]
- Monachus tropicalis: Gray, 1866: 20 [subsequent combination]
- Neomonachus tropicalis: Scheel et al., 2014: 17 [subsequent combination]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Gray, J.E. 1850. Catalogue of the Specimens of Mammalia in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Seals. British Museum: London. 48 pp. BHL Reference page.
- Scheel, D.-M., Slater, G.J., Kolokotronis, S.-O., Potter, C.W., Rotstein, D.S., Tsangaras, K., Greenwood, A.D. & Helgen, K.M. 2014. Biogeography and taxonomy of extinct and endangered monk seals illuminated by ancient DNA and skull morphology. ZooKeys 409: 1–33. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.409.6244. Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]беларуская: Карыбскі цюлень-манах
Ελληνικά: Φώκια της Καραϊβικής
English: Caribbean Monk Seal
suomi: Floridanhylje
magyar: Karibi barátfóka
日本語: カリブモンクアザラシ
Ελληνικά: Φώκια της Καραϊβικής
English: Caribbean Monk Seal
suomi: Floridanhylje
magyar: Karibi barátfóka
日本語: カリブモンクアザラシ