Mediterranean monk seal

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N ↑Arcadia · 1 report1Attica · 6 reports2Central Greece · 6 reports3Cyclades · 14 reports4Dodecanese · 8 reports5Ionian Islands · 9 reports6North Aegean · 25 reports7Peloponnese · 2 reports8South Aegean · 1 report9Thessaly · 7 reports10

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    Place: Thessaly and Central Greece Thessaly and Central Greece
    Reported: Unidentified EMMANOUIL SYMIGDALAS — iNaturalist (eman_symigdalas)

    Observation: Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus).