MONACHUS. 445 



1070. Monachus tropicalis (Gray). 



Phoca tropicalis Gray, Cat. Seals Brit. Mus., 1850, p. 28. 



Monachus tropicalis Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. n, 1904, p. 543, pis. LVI, LVII, LVIII, LIX. 

 Zool. Ser. 

 WEST INDIAN SEAL. 



Type locality. Island of Jamaica. 



Geogr. Distr. Formerly from islands off the coast of Yucatan, 

 Mexico, to Bay of Honduras, and eastward to Jamaica, Cuba, Florida 

 Keys, and the Bahamas. At present found only on some Keys north 

 of Cuba and on some scattered islands between Cuba and Yucatan. 



