Neomonachus

Neomonachus is a genus of earless seals, within the family Phocidae. It contains two species: the extant Hawaiian monk seal, and the extinct Caribbean monk seal. Prior to 2014, all three species of monk seals were placed in the genus Monachus, but that was found to be paraphyletic.[1]

Neomonachus
Hawaiian monk seal, Neomonachus schauinslandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Clade: Pinnipediformes
Clade: Pinnipedia
Family: Phocidae
Tribe: Monachini
Genus: Neomonachus
Slater & Helgen, 2014
Species

Species

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
N. schauinslandiHawaiian monk sealHawaiian Islands and United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States
N. tropicalisCaribbean monk sealOnce ranged throughout the Caribbean Sea (in Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico) and the Southeastern United States; extinct

References

  1. Scheel, D.-M.; Slater, G. J.; Kolokotronis, S.-O.; Potter, C. W.; Rotstein, D. S.; Tsangaras, K.; Greenwood, A. D.; Helgen, K. M. (May 2014). "Biogeography and taxonomy of extinct and endangered monk seals illuminated by ancient DNA and skull morphology". ZooKeys (409): 1–33. doi:10.3897/zookeys.409.6244.


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