Map showing the distribution of the extant (resident) populations of Monachus monachus in the Mediterranean Sea (modified from Gomerčić 2011, Karamanlidis and Dendrinos 2015).

  
  Part of: Zangaro F, Schifano V, Specchia V, Tzafesta E, Pinna M (2020) A new extralimital sighting of Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) in the Aquatina di Frigole NATURA 2000 site (IT9150003) beach (Salento peninsula, Apulia Region, Italy) after two decades: strategies for conservation are needed. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e53950. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e53950