Türkiye · observation
Alaçatı, Çeşme Peninsula, İzmir
· Çeşme
A dead juvenile monk seal was found at Alaçatı. Advanced decomposition prevented a necropsy.
- Species
- Mediterranean monk seal
- Number of seals
- 1
- Attributed name
- Unidentified
- Source
- Harun Güçlüsoy / SAD-AFAG in The Monachus Guardian
About this record
- Supporting evidence
- Firsthand SAD-AFAG report explicitly dates finding to 2 March 2005; death day and cause unknown. Sources: https://www.monachus-guardian.org/library/mguard15.pdf
- Identification confidence
- Not recorded
- Editorial status
- Published by Seal Watch.
Source wording, attributed names and approximate date labels are preserved. A published report does not establish a verified animal identity.