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Western Sahara (Arab Democratic Republic of the Sahara) and Mauritania, and the
Desertas Islands, Madeira. It is thought that just two of these populations are viable, in
Greece and northwest Africa (Arkive, 2006).
As a result of this range contraction, the monk seal has been virtually reduced to two
populations, one in the northeastern Medite