Neomonachus tropicalis

Neomonachus tropicalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phocoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Parvordo: Mustelida Cladus: Pan-Pinnipedia Cladus: Pinnipedimorpha Cladus: Pinnipediformes Cladus: Pinnipedia Superfamilia: Phocoidea

Familia: Phocidae
Subfamilia: Monachinae
Genus: Neomonachus
Species: †Neomonachus tropicalis

Name

Neomonachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850)

• Holotype: BMNH 1847.2.2.2, skin, collected by George Wilkie in 1846.
• Type locality: “Jamaica”.

Combinations

• Phoca tropicalis Gray, 1850: 28 [original combination]
• Monachus tropicalis: Gray, 1866: 20 [subsequent combination]
• Neomonachus tropicalis: Scheel et al., 2014: 17 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• 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

• 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