Neomonachus
Appearance
Neomonachus | |
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Hawaiian monk seal, Neomonachus schauinslandi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Clade: | Pinnipedia |
Family: | Phocidae |
Tribe: | Monachini |
Genus: | Neomonachus Slater & Helgen, 2014 |
Type species | |
Monachus schauinslandi[1] Matschie, 1905
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Species | |
Neomonachus is a genus of
paraphyletic.[1]
Species
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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N. schauinslandi | Hawaiian monk seal | Hawaiian Islands and United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States |
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†N. tropicalis | Caribbean monk seal | Once ranged throughout the Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico) and the Southeastern United States ; extinct
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References
- ^ PMID 24899841.