Türkiye · observation
Akyaka coast, Muğla
· Akyaka
Another adult monk seal carcass washed up at Akyaka on the same day as the Seferihisar finding. It was too decomposed for necropsy.
- Species
- Mediterranean monk seal
- Number of seals
- 1
- Attributed name
- Unidentified
- Source
- Danyer et al. (2018), stranding review
About this record
- Supporting evidence
- Original study expressly describes this as another monk seal in a separate locality and Table 1 row. Sex and death cause were not established. Sources: https://blackmeditjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018-242_128-139.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.