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Monachus schauinslandi
12-22-2016

Monachus schauinslandi

Monachus schauinslandi NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.

ITIS Reports — Monachus schauinslandi ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world. The Hawaiian monk seal is an endangered species of earless seal in the family Phocidae that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaiian monk seal is one of two extant monk seal species; the other is the Mediterranean monk seal. A third species, the Caribbean monk seal, is extinct. In 2013, its population was estimated at nearly 579 million people in 23 independent states, or about 7.5% of the world’s population. North America was reached by its first human populations during the last glacial period, via crossing the Bering land bridge approximately 40,000 to 17,000 years ago. The so-called Paleo-Indian period is taken to have lasted until about 10,000 years ago (the beginning of the Archaic or Meso-Indian period

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Detailed information
Full Name: Hawaiian Monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Mammals
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 12/23/1976 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Wherever found
  • USFWS Refuges in which the Hawaiian Monk seal, Wherever found is known to occur: Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
Recovery
To learn more about critical habitat please see http://ecos.fws.gov/crithab
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
08/22/2007 Recovery Plan for the Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi) View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
08/22/2007 Recovery Plan for the Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi) View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
Status
08/21/2015 76 FR 50926 50988 Endangered and Threatened Species: Final Rulemaking To Revise Critical Habitat for Hawaiian Monk Seals Final Rule Final designated
06/02/2011 76 FR 32026 32063 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Proposed Rulemaking To Revise Critical Habitat for Hawaiian Monk Seals Proposed Rule Not Required
03/23/1999 64 FR 14052 14077 (NOAA/NMFS) Endangered and Threatened Species; Regulations Consolidation; Final Rule Final Rule Final designated
05/26/1988 53 FR 18998 Determination of Extended Crit. Hab. of Hawaiian Monk Seal; 53 FR 18998 Final Rule Not Required
01/09/1985 50 FR 1088 1095 NMFS--Designated Crit. Hab; Hawaiian Monk Seal; 50 FR 1088-1095 Proposed Rule Not Required
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