†Neomonachus tropicalis Gray 1850 (Hawaiian monk seal)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 311446
Alternative combinations: Monachus (Monachus) tropicalis, Monachus tropicalis, Phoca tropicalis
Synonym: Cystophora antillarum Gray 1849 (taxon 98710)
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1850. Catalogue of the Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of all the species and figures of the genera. Part II. Seals 1-48
Belongs to Neomonachus according to D.-M. Scheel et al. 2014
Sister taxon: Neomonachus schauinslandi
Ecology: scansorial insectivore