Monachus schauinslandi Matschie, 1905 . Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin, p. 258.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., Hawaii, Laysan Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: N.W. Hawaiian Isis., from Nihoa to Kure.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as Monachus spp. and U.S. ESA - Endangered as Monachus schauinslandi .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301413002009002001.