Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Carnivora > Suborder Caniformia > Infraorder Pinnipedia > Family Phocidae

Monachus Fleming, 1822

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Φώκιες μοναχοί sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: ruoniai vienuoliai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: munkeseler sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: mniszka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: тюлени-монахи sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: fok

Literature

basis of record	Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.
additional source	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376

Genbank

External Links

GenBank
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2014). Monachus Fleming, 1822. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137009

Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Monachus Fleming, 1822. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=305344