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Erasing the extinct: the hunt for Caribbean monk seals and museum collection practices

História, ciências, saúde--Manguinhos, 2021-12, Vol.28 (suppl 1), p.161-183 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. ;ISSN: 0104-5970 ;ISSN: 1678-4758 ;EISSN: 1678-4758 ;DOI: 10.1590/S0104-59702021000500007 ;PMID: 35137865

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  • Title:
    Erasing the extinct: the hunt for Caribbean monk seals and museum collection practices
  • Author: Jørgensen, Dolly
  • Subjects: Animals ; Caribbean Region ; environmental history ; extinction ; HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE ; Museums ; natural history ; Seals, Earless
  • Is Part Of: História, ciências, saúde--Manguinhos, 2021-12, Vol.28 (suppl 1), p.161-183
  • Description: The Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis), the only seal species native to Central America, was declared extinct in 2008, with the last confirmed sighting in 1952. This species historically had a broad range throughout the gulf of Mexico. This article discusses the history of Western science on the monk seal, from its first recorded sighting by a Western colonizer in 1492 to scientific collection in the 1800s and 1900s, as a history of the erasure of this species. Museum practices of collecting and displaying Caribbean monk seals have directly contributed to this erasure, and ways of writing a new history by giving the Caribbean monk seal the capacity to refuse erasure are suggested.
  • Publisher: Brazil: Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
  • Language: English;Portuguese
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0104-5970
    ISSN: 1678-4758
    EISSN: 1678-4758
    DOI: 10.1590/S0104-59702021000500007
    PMID: 35137865
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