Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus Monachus)
Latin name: Monachus monachus
Common name: Mediterranean monk seal
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pinnipedia
Family: Phocidae
Genus: Monachus
Distribution: Mediterranean, Atlantic coast of northwestern Africa.
Habitat: Coastal caves, sea caves.
Size: 85cm to 110 cm. They are between 300 kg and 320 kg in weight.
Shape: Long slender body, with flat, small head, nostrils face upward. Two pairs of retractable abdominal teats.
Did you know: Mediterranean monk seals belong to the most endangered mammals with currently far less than a thousand of that species estimated to be alive.