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Scientific Names

Alternative Names

Phoca monachus Hermann 1779
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Phoca schauinslandi (Hermann 1779)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Neomonachus Slater & Helgen, 2014)
Heliophoca
Subjective synonym according to PBDB in DwCA
Mammonachus
Subjective synonym according to PBDB in DwCA
Pelagios
Subjective synonym according to PBDB in DwCA
Pelagius
Subjective synonym according to PBDB in DwCA
Pelagocyon
Subjective synonym according to PBDB in DwCA

Common Names

English

monk seal preferred
Recognized by PBDB in DwCA

Albanian

Fokat murgesha preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Azerbaijani

Monax suitiləri preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Belarusian

Цюлені-манахі preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bulgarian

тюлени монаси preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Catalan; Valencian

Foca monjo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Chinese

僧海豹 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Danish

Munkesæler preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Dutch; Flemish

monniksrobben preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Finnish

Munkkihylkeet preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

French

Phoque moine preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

German

Mönchsrobben preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Φώκια μοναχός preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hebrew

כלבי ים נזיריים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hungarian

barátfóka preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Irish

Rón manaigh preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Japanese

モンクアザラシ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Korean

몽크물범 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kurdish

Foka keşîş preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Latvian

Mūku roņi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Lithuanian

Ruoniai vienuoliai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Norwegian

Munkeseler preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Munkeselslekta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Persian

موناکوس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Polish

Mniszka preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Russian

тюлени-монахи preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Serbian

Морска медведица preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Swedish

Munksälar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Ukrainian

Тюлень-монах preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Monachus Fleming 1822