Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Eutheria > Order Carnivora > Suborder Caniformia > Infraorder Pinnipedia > Family Phocidae > Genus Monachus

Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Monachus*	Fleming, 1822	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Phoca monachus*	Hermann, 1779	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: foka e Mesdheut sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: tyulen monаh; Тюлен монах sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: munkesæl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: monniksrob sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Mediterranean monk seal; monk seal sources: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).;William M. Johnson, Alexandros A. Karamanlidis, Panagiotis Dendrinos, Pablo Fernández de Larrinoa, Manel Gazo, Luis Mariano González, Harun Güçlüsoy, Rosa Pires, Matthias Schnellmann. (2006). Monk Seal Fact Files. Biology, Behaviour, Status and Conservation William M. Johnson, Alexandros A. Karamanlidis, Panagiotis Dendrinos, Pablo Fernández de Larrinoa, Manel

French: phoque moine sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Mittelmeer-Mönchsrobbe; Mönchsrobbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Μεσογειακή φώκια sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: כלב-ים ים-תיכוני sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: foca monaca sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: viduržemio jūros ruonis vienuolis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Romanian: foca cu burtă albă; foca-episcop sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: тюлень-монах sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: redozemska medvedjica; Sredozemska medvedjica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: foca monje; foca monje del Mediterráneo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: Akdeniz foku sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Тюлень середземноморський; Тюлень-монах; Тюлень-монах звичайний; Тюлень-монах середземноморський

Literature

basis of record	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
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).