page_title: List of mammals of Madeira
section_title: Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Madeira / Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
caption_attribution_description: English: Spotted today at Coaling Island, Gibraltar. Sunbathing on a slipway. Perhaps a first for Gibraltar
context_page_description: This is a list of mammals of Madeira, concerning the indigenous mammals of the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira in the North Atlantic ocean. Besides the mammals on the islands, the coastal waters are host to at least nine species of dolphins and ten species of migrating cetaceans. These are protected in the 430,000 km² Madeiran Marine Mammal Sanctuary.
context_section_description: Carnivorans include over 260 species, the majority of which eat meat as their primary dietary item. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.
  Suborder: Pinnipedia
  Family: Phocidae
  Genus: Monachus
  Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus CR
caption: A Mediterranean monk seal resting on a slipway
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