Hawaiian monk seal
mammal
Also known as: Laysan monk seal, Monachus schauinslandi
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- In monk seal
monachus) and the Hawaiian, or Laysan, monk seal (M. schauinslandi). The seals are threatened by human disturbance of their coastal habitats, disease, and continued hunting. By the 1990s there were only about 1,400 Hawaiian monk seals and 300 to 600 Mediterranean monk seals still alive.
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