How big does the West Indian Monk Seal get?

The West Indian Monk Seal grows to about 2.4 m.

West Indian Monk Seal

Neomonachus tropicalis

Group: Seal
Max size: 2.4 m
IUCN status: EX

The only seal native to the tropical western Atlantic and Caribbean, it grew to around two and a half metres before being hunted out of existence. It was last reliably seen in the mid twentieth century, and the IUCN now lists it as extinct.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Carnivora › Phocidae › Neomonachus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 1663105.

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How big does the West Indian Monk Seal get?: The West Indian Monk Seal grows to about 2.4 m.