Monachus Fleming 1822

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 598

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scientific name	Monachus Fleming 1822
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Monachus Fleming 1822 , Philos. Zool., Vol. 2: 187.

Type Species: Phoca monachus Hermann 1779

Synonyms: Heliophoca Gray 1854 ; Mammonachus Herrera 1899 ; Pelagias J. E. Gray 1837 ; Pelagios F. G. Cuvier 1824 ; Pelagius F. G. Cuvier 1826 ; Pelagocyon Gloger 1841 ; Pelagus McMurtrie 1834 ; Rigoon Gistel 1854 .

Species and subspecies: 3 species:

Species Monachus monachus (Hermann 1779)

Species Monachus schauinslandi Matschie 1905

Species Monachus tropicalis Gray 1850

Discussion: Revised by King (1956). Wyss (1988) suggested that this might be a paraphyletic group, however see Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999) who supported monophyly (followed here).