---
title: "Hawaiian Monk Seal"
description: "Neomonachus schauinslandi — Ssaki. The Hawaiian monk seal is a vulnerable species of earless seal in the family Phocidae that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/hawaiian-monk-seal
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hawaiian Monk Seal

> Neomonachus schauinslandi — Ssaki. The Hawaiian monk seal is a vulnerable species of earless seal in the family Phocidae that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

- Scientific name: *Neomonachus schauinslandi*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 3548
- Wikidata: [Q28173851](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28173851)
- iNaturalist taxon: [446640](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/446640)

## Names

- en: Hawaiian Monk Seal
- de: Hawaiimönchsrobbe
- es: Foca monje de Hawái
- fr: Phoque moine d'Hawaï

## Countries with the most observations

US (3368), UM (51)

## Summary

The Hawaiian monk seal is a vulnerable species of earless seal in the family Phocidae that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_monk_seal

## Photo

![Hawaiian Monk Seal](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hawaiian-monk-seal/medium.jpg)

Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/320745721

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hawaiian-monk-seal?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).