Mediterranean Monk Seal

The Mediterranean monk seal is a monk seal belonging to the family Phocidae. As of 2015, it is estimated that fewer than 700 individuals survive in three or four isolated subpopulations in the Mediterranean, in the Aegean Sea, the archipelago of Madeira and the Cabo Blanco area in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.

Mass: 710 lbs (Male, Adult), 660 lbs (Female, Adult)

Conservation status: Critically Endangered (Population decreasing)

Scientific name: Monachus monachus

Population: 600 to 700 individuals

Family: Phocidae