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.. ~awaiian Mon~C Sea T~te Most ~ndan~ered ~,ndemic Marine Mammal in tote u Ilio-holo-ikauaua (ee-lee-o polo ee ka ooa-ooa) meaning `the dog that The endemic Hawaiia thrived for the past r3 cts ed States n rough waters' monk seal has ullion years, virtually unchanged, i ~ the oceanic waters and coral reefs and atolls of the Hawaiian Islands. They have been around much longer than even some of the islands themselves, the Big Island of Hawaii being less than i million years o1d..Hawaiian monk seals are only found in the Hawaiian Islands, and are a very important piece and cultural history. tropical seal in the w marine mammal four US waters. . Today, the Hawaiian monk seal is critically endangered and headed toward extinction. Hawaiian monk seals are f QU I GK ~a Ct5 the most endangered mammal in Hawaii, the most endangered marine mammal that occurs solely within Scientific Name: Monac the United States, and one of the most endangered mammals in the world. Hawaiian name• Ilio-ho Status: Critically endang Cuter the past 5o years, the Hawaiian monk seal population has fallen more than 60°~. Population: Less than rz •Fewer than rzoo Hawaiian monk seals remain in the Class: Mammals - Pinnip wild. Compared to other endangered species, there are Range: Hawaiian Islands fewer Hawaiian monk seals in the wild than there are Size: Up to ~fr and 40o F giant pandas. Tragically, the Hawaiian monk seal is perhaps the last hope for monk seals on the planet, as Lifespan: z5-3o years the Caribbean monk seal went extinct in the i95o's and Diet: Fish and invertebra there are only a few hundred Mediterranean monk seals lefr in the wild. Marine Conservation Biology Institute MCBI Washington • California • DC • Hawaii • www.mc6i.org Hawaii s natural tey are the only d, and the only. entirely within schauinslandi M C'~o~ ~