#0369 · 🦊 mammals
Hawaiian Monk Seal
🇳🇱 Hawaïaanse Monniksrob ·Neomonachus schauinslandi
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Andy Bridges · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © makriverside · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Lucy Keith-Diagne · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Rick Long · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 6. © Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Matthew O'Donnell · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 8. © Etienne Guitton · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Michael Barth · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © lynnbeittel · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The Hawaiian monk seal , Neomonachus schauinslandi (formerly Monachus schauinslandi ), is an endangered species of earless seal in the family Phocidae that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 3,606 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Paul Matschie in 1905 (121 years ago).
- Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Hawaiian Monk Seal
- Nederlands
- Hawaïaanse Monniksrob
- scientific name
- Neomonachus schauinslandi
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Phocidae
- IUCN Red List
- VU · vulnerable
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 3,606
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1905 by Paul Matschie
IUCN in Dutch: kwetsbaar. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Phocidae
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LC 👀 837 in NL
#0048 📷 8Ringed Seal
🇳🇱 Kleine Zeehond
Pusa hispida
LC 👀 6 in NL
#0251 📷 10Northern Elephant Seal
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LC 🌍 12.8k seen
#0361 📷 8Southern Elephant Seal
🇳🇱 Zuidelijke Zeeolifant
Mirounga leonina
VU 🌍 3.9k seen
#0484 📷 10Weddell Seal
🇳🇱 Weddellzeehond
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LC 🌍 1.9k seen
#0154 📷 10Bearded Seal
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#0174 📷 10Mediterranean Monk Seal
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Monachus monachus
VU 🌍 354 seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 446640, Wikidata Q28173851, GBIF 8646426, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.