Neomonachus tropicalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phocoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Cladus: Ferungulata Cladus: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Cladus: Pan-Pinnipedia Cladus: Pinnipedimorpha Cladus: Pinnipediformes Parvordo: Pinnipedia Superfamilia: Phocoidea

Familia: Phocidae
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