Monachus

• “A small population of about 150 of one of the world's rarest animals, the monk seal Monachus monachus (E), lives on the Cote des Phoques at Cap Blanc, their survival threatened by the collapse in 1982 of their breeding caves and by disease.”

  Banc d'Arguin National Park, Mauritania

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• “The Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis) is today considered extinct.”

  Cayos Miskitos-San Andrés and Providencia moist forests

• “The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus CR) has its last stronghold in the coves along the Cap Blanc Peninsula near the Mauritanian town of Nouadhibou on the border with Western Sahara.”

  Atlantic coastal desert

• “Key migratory staging posts for the birds using the Atlantic Coastal Flyway are found along the coast, and the coast also supports the world's largest population of the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus).”

  Atlantic coastal desert

• “Another important threat for Monachus monachus is destruction and accidental capture by fisherman.”

  Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests

• “The endangered loggerhead marine turtle (Caretta caretta) and the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) are flagship species for conservation activities in Turkey.”

  Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests

• “The Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis, EX), which was once widespread throughout the Caribbean, was hunted into oblivion, with the last individual collected in 1965.”

  Biological diversity in the Caribbean Islands

• “A number of marine projects have been conducted including measures for the recovery of the monk seal (Monachus monachus) in the Atlantic and support projects for the conservation of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).”

  Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests

• “Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus (E) once had a colony in this area but has now disappeared.”

  Scandola Nature Reserve & Capes Girolata and Porto, France

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