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Mammals in danger for
PINNIPEDIA
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Threat cause
Development of industrialization
Damage
27 threatened species and subspecies
this represents 15.3 % of Pinnipedia
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and
4 extinct species since 1900
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Specialized Insitut for the protection of species have developed a risk level of threats.
For
PINNIPEDIA
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Level's threatened selection
Institut's selection
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This species are critically endangered !!
Despite the protective measures that are being endangered species, laws are not always respected or enforced.
Species declared in danger may disappear forever if stringent measures are not taken quickly.
This is the case for these species and subspecies, their population is now very small and in a few decades, they have disappeared in the wild.
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COMMON NAME
LATIN NAME |
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| Mediterranean monk seal
Monachus monachus |
Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, NW Africa to Cape Blanc (France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Malta, Morocco, Algeria, Western Sahara) |
CITES - Appendix I, U.S. ESA and IUCN 1996 : Endangered - IUCN 2009 : Critically Endangered A2abc, C2a(i), E |
| Hawaiian monk seal
Monachus schauinslandi |
NW Hawaiian Isls, from Nihoa to Kure (off U.S.A.) |
CITES - Appendix I, U.S. ESA and IUCN 1996 : Endangered - IUCN 2009 : Critically Endangered A3ce+4ce |
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