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GENUS Monachus
| Author: | Fleming, 1822. | | Citation: | Philos. Zool., 2: 187. | | Type Species: | Phoca monachus Hermann, 1779. | | Comments: | 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). |
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| Offspring: SPECIES monachus SPECIES schauinslandi SPECIES tropicalis | 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
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