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Neomonachus schauinslandi
Hawaiian Monk Seal
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Photographer: Eric White
ID: 0000 0000 0513 0398 (2013-05-03)Copyright © 2013 Eric White
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date of photo Apr 14, 2012
latitude 19.73611 longitude -155.01295 max error distance 195 meters
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horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984 georeferencing source GeoLocatelocation
Richardson's Ocean Center, Hilo (Hawaii, Big Island (Hawaiian Islands), US)family
Phocidae
habitat Northwest Hawaiian Islands, Main Hawaiian Islandsnotes These endangered seals are endemic to Hawaii. Perhaps 1100 seals currently exist (NOAA, 2010), living mostly in the uninhabited Northwest Hawaiian Islands. This 5 year old male (at time of photo) is apparently one of 2 males known to live on the Big Island (NOAA, 2013). He was basking on this beach on the windward side of the Big Island when this photo was taken in the morning. I spotted the other Big Island male basking on a gravel bar in Kiholo Bay on the leeward side of the Big Island in March, 2013 (9 years old at time of obs.).camera Olympus Stylus 790 SW
photo category: Animal - Mammal
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Hawaiian Monk Seal (photographer)
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