Monachus
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Monk seals
| image = hawaiianmonkseal.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Mammalia
| ordo = Carnivora
| familia = Phocidae
| genus = Monachus
| genus_authority = Fleming, 1822
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
Monachus schauinslandi
Monachus monachus
Monachus tropicalis
}}
Monachus is a genus (and a subgenus of the same name) of the Family Phocidae and the Order Pinnipedia and refers to the various monk seal species throughout the world. These include:
- the Hawaiian Monk Seal or Monachus schauinslandi
- the Mediterranean Monk Seal or Monachus monachus
- the Caribbean Monk Seal or Monachus tropicalis is extinct
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External links
de:Mönchsrobben fr:Phoque moine he:כלב ים נזירי nl:Monniksrobben pt:Monachus sv:Munksälar tr:Akdeniz foku