Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Attributed to Slater & Helgen
Full reference: 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
Parent taxon: Monachini according to L. Dewaele and C. de Muizon 2025
See also Berta et al. 2018, Kienle and Berta 2019 and Scheel et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Eomonachus, Monachus, Pliophoca
Subtaxa: Neomonachus schauinslandi Neomonachus tropicalis
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (11 collections), Belize (2), Bonaire (1), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (5), Curaçao (3), the Dominican Republic (1), Guadeloupe (1), Haiti (2), Honduras (7), Jamaica (5), Mexico (11), Nicaragua (2), Saint Kitts and Nevis (2), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (35: Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas, Virgin Islands), Venezuela (2), Virgin Islands (2)
Total: 96 collections including 97 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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