Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus)

Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) Photo: © IFAW International Fund for Animal Welfare/Da Costa

Status
ESA Endangered - throughout its range
MMPA Depleted - throughout its range

Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Phocidae
Genus: Monachus
Species: monachus

Key Documents
(All documents are in PDF format.)

Title	Federal Register	Date
ESA Listing Rule	35 FR 8491	06/02/1970

More Information

• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Mediterranean Monk Seal Species Profile
• Monachus Guardian Mediterranean Monk Seal Fact Files 
• MOFI: Monk Seal and Fisheries, Mitigating the Conflict in the Greek Seas