ANYTIME WILDLIFE North America: The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal ?
The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal ?
Do you know which animal the Canary  Islands is named after?
What is certain is that the name of the islands does not derive from the  canary bird ; rather, the birds are named after the islands. 
The name Islas Canarias is likely derived from the Latin name Canariae Insulae, meaning "Island of the Dogs", According to the historian  Pliny the Elder , the  Mauretanian  king  Juba II  named the island Canaria because it contained "vast multitudes of dogs of very large size".
It is believed the dogs may actually be the Monk Seals  (canis marinus or "sea dog" was a Latin term for 'seal' [
 A modern days species believed to be the same Monk Sweals (Earless Seals)  is the  Mediterranean Monk Seal , Monachus monachus ( critically endangered ),  Hawaiian Monk Seal , Monachus schauinslandi ( critically endangered ) or the now extinct  Caribbean Monk Seal , Monachus tropicalis.
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