Neomonachus tropicalis

Neomonachus tropicalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phocoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Metopophora
Cladus: Haptodontiformes
Cladus: Sphenacomorpha
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Pantherapsida
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Eutheriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Epicynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliamorpha
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Grandordo: Ferungulata
Mirordo: Ferae
Cladus: Pan-Carnivora
Cladus: Carnivoramorpha
Cladus: Carnivoraformes
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Cladus: Canoidea
Infraordo: Arctoidea
Parvordo: Mustelida
Cladus: Pan-Pinnipedia
Cladus: Pinnipedimorpha
Cladus: Pinnipediformes
Cladus: Pinnipedia
Superfamilia: Phocoidea

Familia: Phocidae
Subfamilia: Monachinae
Genus: Neomonachus
Species: †Neomonachus tropicalis

Name

Neomonachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850)

  • Holotype: BMNH 1847.2.2.2, skin, collected by George Wilkie in 1846.
  • Type locality: “Jamaica”.

Combinations

  • Phoca tropicalis Gray, 1850: 28 [original combination]
  • Monachus tropicalis: Gray, 1866: 20 [subsequent combination]
  • Neomonachus tropicalis: Scheel et al., 2014: 17 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

  • Gray, J.E. 1850. Catalogue of the Specimens of Mammalia in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Seals. British Museum: London. 48 pp. BHL Reference page. 
  • Scheel, D.-M., Slater, G.J., Kolokotronis, S.-O., Potter, C.W., Rotstein, D.S., Tsangaras, K., Greenwood, A.D. & Helgen, K.M. 2014. Biogeography and taxonomy of extinct and endangered monk seals illuminated by ancient DNA and skull morphology. ZooKeys 409: 1–33. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.409.6244. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

беларуская: Карыбскі цюлень-манах
Ελληνικά: Φώκια της Καραϊβικής
English: Caribbean Monk Seal
suomi: Floridanhylje
magyar: Karibi barátfóka
日本語: カリブモンクアザラシ
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