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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 Vancouver Island wolf, also known as the coastal wolf or sea wolf (Canis lupus crassodon) is a subspecies of grey wolf, endemic to the coast of the Pacific Northwest. They are a unique subspecies of wolf due to their semi-aquatic lifestyle, which includes a diet that is almost entirely marine-based.
This is the earliest European description of an animal that is now extinct, the Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis). That Columbus’s crew called this animal a “sea wolf” was probably not due to its ferocity but in part in the translation from Spanish to English.
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.
14 de may. de 2014 · On his second voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus and his crew encountered many marine inhabitants of the Caribbean including “sea wolves”—known today as Caribbean monk seals ...
26 de oct. de 2020 · Takaya, a rare coastal carnivore known as a sea wolf, lived an isolated existence on a smattering of islands off the coast of British Columbia. During Takaya’s life, he fascinated the public, and many fell in love with the solitary creature.
When Christopher Columbus made his second voyage to the New World in 1494, he discovered a tropical mammal, the Caribbean monk seal, and ordered eight of the animals he called “sea wolves” killed for meat.
