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Monachus monachus

Assessment information
CMS InstrumentsCMS, Monk Seal in the Atlantic
IUCN StatusEndangered
Date of entry in Appendix I1979
Date of entry in Appendix II1979
Geographic range
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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Common names
EnglishMediterranean Monk Seal
FrenchPhoque Moine De Méditerranée
SpanishFoca monje del mediterráneo
GermanMittelmeer-mönchsrobbe
Taxonomy
ClassMammalia
OrderCarnivora
FamilyPhocidae
Scientific name Monachus monachus

Other details
Additional notesEastern Atlantic populations

Related content

Project Start date End date Implementing Agency Status Region
Action Plan for the recovery of the Mediterranean Monk Seal in the Eastern Atlantic (Meeting of the Action Plan working group in the Mauritania) Fundación CBD para la Conservación de la Biodiversidad y su Habitat (CBD-Habitat) Completed Eastern Atlantic
Publication Publisher Type Published Date
Up-date of the status and conservation progress in the Atlantic populations (Monachus monachus) Technical Reports 06 2016