Scientists uncover new marine mammal genus, represented by single endangered species

Mongabay
By Jeremy HanceMay 14, 2014, 9:04 am43 pts
This is the story of three seals: the Caribbean, the Hawaiian, and the Mediterranean monk seals. Once numbering in the hundreds of thousands, the Caribbean monk seal was a hugely abundant marine mammal found across the Caribbean, and even recorded by Christopher Columbus during his second voyage, whose men…

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