Definitions for caribbean monk seal
car·ib·bean monk seal

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1. Caribbean monk sealnoun

   Monachus tropicalis, an extinct seal once native to the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.

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1. Caribbean monk seal

   The Caribbean monk seal (Neomonachus tropicalis), also known as the West Indian seal or sea wolf, was a species of seal native to the Caribbean which is now believed to be extinct. The main predators of Caribbean monk seals were sharks and humans. Overhunting of the seals for oil and overfishing of their food sources are the established reasons for the seals' extinction.The last confirmed sighting of the Caribbean monk seal was in 1952 at Serranilla Bank, between Jamaica and Nicaragua. In 2008, the species was officially declared extinct by the United States, after an exhaustive five-year search. This analysis was conducted by the National Marine Fisheries Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Caribbean monk seals were closely related to Hawaiian monk seals, which live around the Hawaiian Islands and are now endangered, and Mediterranean monk seals, another endangered species.

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1. Caribbean monk seal

   The Caribbean monk seal, west Indian seal, or sea wolf, as early explorers referred to it, was a species of seal native to the Caribbean and now believed to be extinct. The Caribbean monk seals' main predators were sharks and humans. Overhunting of the seals for oil, and overfishing of their food sources, is the established reason for the seals' extinction. The last confirmed sighting of the Caribbean Monk Seal was in 1952 at Serranilla Bank, between Jamaica and Nicaragua. In 2008 the species was officially declared extinct after an exhaustive five-year search for the seals, conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Marine Fisheries Service. Caribbean Monk Seals were closely related to the Hawaiian monk seals, which live around the Hawaiian Islands, and are critically endangered, and Mediterranean monk seals, which are also critically endangered. An estimated 600 Mediterranean monk seals and 1,100 Hawaiian monk seals are alive in the wild. A collection of Caribbean monk seal bones can be found at the Tropical Crane Point Hammock Museum in Key Vaca.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of caribbean monk seal in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of caribbean monk seal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Caribbean_Monk_Seal
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Monk_Seal
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=caribbean monk seal