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Neomonachus
Sign in to saveNeomonachus 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.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCarnivora
- FamilyPhocidae
Neomonachus ist eine Gattung der Hundsrobben (Phocidae). Man kennt die folgenden zwei Arten: Hawaii-Mönchsrobbe, Neomonachus schauinslandi (Matschie 1905), Typusart Karibische Mönchsrobbe, Neomonachus tropicalis (Gray 1850), ausgestorben Beide wurden ursprünglich zusammen mit der Mittelmeer-Mönchsrobbe (Monachus monachus) in die Gattung Monachus gestellt.
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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.
==Species== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px || N. schauinslandi || Hawaiian monk seal || Hawaiian Islands and United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States |- |120px || †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 |- |}
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