Talk:Monk seal

Requested move 17 January 2016

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The result of the move request was: moved. Jenks24 (talk) 04:12, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Monachus → Monk seal – The current name for this article "Monachus" is the genus for just the Mediterranean monk seal, the other two are in the Neomonachus genus. This article talks about all monk seals, but it can't do that because the genus Monachus does not comprise all three species. Either we change the article's name to "Monk seal" or we split it into "Monachus" and "Neomonachus" Dunkleosteus77   (push to talk)  00:36, 17 January 2016 (UTC) from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mammals 00:22, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Support. I think it would be best to move the article to the title "monk seal", with both Monachus and Neomonachus as redirects, for now. Splitters may object, insisting that every node on every clade needs a devoted article, but since the genus Neomonachus was erected very recently, and given that the article Monachus is well developed already (why chop away?), i think it would be more prudent to discuss each genus within this article. --Animalparty! (talk)
 * Support under the assumption that "monk seals" now corresponds to the tribe Monachini. Srnec (talk) 22:26, 19 January 2016 (UTC)


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Conservation Status
Should we add an Endangered Conservation Status to this Page? Both of the still alive Monk Seals are endangered. 184.20.56.155 (talk) 12:52, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
 * The subspecies articles appear to have UICN listings, so I don't believe it is needed. Jim1138 (talk) 04:28, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

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If monk seals don't have ears then how can they hear? WyattFranks (talk) 23:32, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I think you're confusing ears with pinnae. Seals actually do have ears, but they're like holes in the sides of their head Dunkleosteus77  (talk) 00:36, 19 September 2023 (UTC)