Publisher ID:
796
Our code:
MC-HR-POC-2011-03-15-3/3
Country:
Publisher:
Croatian Post
Design:
Tomislav VlainićGianni Pecchiaro
Printing:
Zrinski d.d.
Stamp value:
4,60 HRK
Date of stamp issue:
Cancelled:
Theme:
Fauna of Croatia
In the member's collection
The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is a monk seal belonging to the family Phocidae. As of 2015, it is estimated that fewer than 700 individuals survive in three or four isolated subpopulations in the Mediterranean, (especially) in the Aegean Sea, the archipelago of Madeira and the Cabo Blanco area in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is believed to be the world's rarest pinniped species. This is the only species in the genus Monachus.