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Neomonachus schauinslandi (Hawaiian monk seal)

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy
Phoca schauinslandi was named by Hermann (1779). It is extant.

It was recombined as Monachus (Monachus) schauinslandi by Friant (1947); it was recombined as Monachus schauinslandi by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hendey (1972), Riedman (1990), Koretsky (2001), Deméré et al. (2003), Cullen et al. (2014); it was recombined as Neomonachus schauinslandi by Scheel et al. (2014), Berta et al. (2018), Kienle and Berta (2019).

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2009-07-28; modified by M. Uhen on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1779Phoca schauinslandi Hermann
1947Monachus (Monachus) schauinslandi Friant p. 6
1963Monachus schauinslandi Scheffer and Rice p. 3
1972Monachus schauinslandi Hendey p. 100
1990Monachus schauinslandi Riedman p. 57 figs. Table 2
2001Monachus schauinslandi Koretsky p. 86
2003Monachus schauinslandi Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2014Monachus schauinslandi Cullen et al. p. 1471 figs. Figure 1
2014Neomonachus schauinslandi Scheel et al.
2018Neomonachus schauinslandi Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 4
2019Neomonachus schauinslandi Kienle and Berta

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
RankNameAuthor
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Panpinnipedia
Pinnipedimorpha
Pinnipedia()
familyPhocidae()
subfamilyMonachinae
tribeMonachiniTrouessart 1904
genusNeomonachus
speciesschauinslandi(Hermann 1779)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Neomonachus schauinslandi Hermann 1779 [Hawaiian monk seal]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available