Madeira · observation
Desertas Islands
· Desertas Islands
Reserve wardens detected two young monk-seal pups in the Desertas Islands.
- Species
- Not recorded / not sure
- Number of seals
- 2
- Attributed name
- Unidentified
- Source
- Desertas reserve wardens; reported by Rosa Pires, Parque Natural da Madeira, in The Monachus Guardian
About this record
- Supporting evidence
- https://www.monachus-guardian.org/library/mguard11.pdf — PDF page 20 explicitly dates detection to 2 May. June 2003 issue establishes the year. This is the sighting date, not an inferred birth date.
- 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.