MCZ Mammalogy 6520

Monachus tropicalis

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1887-10-01

North America: Mexico | East Triangle, Gulf of Campeche; reef of several islets in Gulf of Mexico, 185 km W of Celestún, Yucátan.

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:6520 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Monachus tropicalis
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Tetrapoda Mammalia Carnivora Phocidae
Common Name(s): Caribbean Monk Seal; Foca-monje del Caribe; West Indian monk seal
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration

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Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (mounted) See MCZ 6579 unknown 1 History (4)
Remarks: or MCZ 6579?

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20

  • inseparably mixed with MCZ:Mamm:6579 (This specimen is either MCZ 6579 or MCZ 6520. We are unable to know which record belongs to this individual but for record keeping, we are assigning MCZ 6579 to the physical specimen. )
  • All Related Specimens

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Mexico
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005560 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • East Triangle, Gulf of Campeche; reef of several islets in Gulf of Mexico, 185 km W of Celestún, Yucátan.
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • East triangle Gulf of Campeche
  • Georeference:
  • 20.9132040°, -92.211224° (Error radius: 6027m) By: Mark Omura on 2025-01-10 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1887-10-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Bought of H.A. Ward
  • Collector:
  • Henry Augustus Ward

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 6501; 6502; 6503; 6504; 6505; 6506; 6507; 6508; 6509; 6510; 6511; 6512; 6513; 6516; 6517; 6518; 6519; 6520; 6514; 6515; 6521; 6522; 6523; 6524; 6525 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 002801-008925, pg.150;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:6501 Proteles cristatus cristatus to M...

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