Neomonachus

Neomonachus
Hawaiian monk seal, Neomonachus schauinslandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Phocidae
Tribe:	Monachini
Genus:	Neomonachus Slater & Helgen, 2014
Type species
Monachus schauinslandi [1] Matschie, 1905
Species
N. schauinslandi † N. tropicalis

Neomonachus is a genus of earless seals, within the family Phocidae. It comprises two species: the endangered 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]

Species

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	N. schauinslandi	Hawaiian monk seal	Hawaiian Islands and United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States
	†N. tropicalis	Caribbean monk seal	Once 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. Bibcode:2014ZooK..409....1S. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.409.6244 . PMC   4042687 . PMID   24899841.