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Neomonachus

Neomonachus
Monachus schauinslandi.jpg
Hawaiian monk seal, Neomonachus schauinslandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Clade: Pinnipedia
Family: Phocidae
Tribe: Monachini
Genus: Neomonachus
D.-M. Scheel et al. 2014
Species
  • N. schauinslandi
  • N. tropicalis

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.


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