schauinslandi and the extinct Caribbean monk seal M.
Similarly to the other two monk seal species, the living Hawaiian monk seal, M. The seal species displays a high site-fidelity, tends to occupy only a restricted part of the suitable habitat and, presently in the Atlantic, it can only be found in colonial aggregations. In Portuguese territory, the Mediterranean monk seal persists to present days and was historically present bothin the Azores and Madeira archipelagos, which was only very recently recognized. The monk seal current distribution is severely contracted and fragmented due to Human pressures, however historic records indicate that it inhabited the entire Mediterranean Basin and the south-eastern North Atlantic, from the Azores islands to near the equator. The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachusmonachus) is distributed across different countries but is also currently the most endangered pinniped, largely due to its small and isolated populations.
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