BBC News, 7th March, 2011
Conservationists have rescued a two-month-old Mediterranean monk seal.
Monachus monachus
| CMS Instruments | CMS, Monk Seal in the Atlantic |
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| IUCN Status | Endangered |
| Date of entry in Appendix I | 1979 |
| Date of entry in Appendix II | 1979 |
| Countries | Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Türkiye, United Kingdom |
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| English | Mediterranean Monk Seal |
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| French | Phoque Moine De Méditerranée |
| Spanish | Foca monje del mediterráneo |
| German | Mittelmeer-mönchsrobbe |
| Class | Mammalia |
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| Order | Carnivora |
| Family | Phocidae |
| Scientific name | Monachus monachus |
| Additional notes | Eastern Atlantic populations |
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