Neomonachus
| Neomonachus | |
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| 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 | |
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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.
References
- D.-M. Scheel, G. J. Slater, S.-O. Kolokotronis, C. W. Potter, D. S. Rotstein, K. Tsangaras, A. D. Greenwood and K. M. Helgen. 2014. Biogeography and taxonomy of extinct and endangered monk seals illuminated by ancient DNA and skull morphology. ZooKeys (409)1-33.
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