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7 pages. The Hawaiian monk seal is an endangered species. There are only six breeding locations left in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands. This paper will focus on how and why the population has begun to decline and the problem of genetic variability in some of the breeding populations which inevitably leads to problems within the species. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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within the species. Bibliography lists 7 sources. JGAmseal.rtf The Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Compiled for Enterprises Inc. 11/2001 For
More Information on How to Use This Paper Properly, INTRODUCTION The Hawaiian monk seal is an endangered species. There are only six breeding locations left
in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands. This paper will focus on how and why the population has begun to decline and the problem of genetic variability in some of the
breeding populations which inevitably leads to problems within the species. ABOUT THE HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL Hawaiian monk seals are included in the order of marine mammals referred to as
pinnipeds. This order of marine mammals also includes seals, sea lions and walruses. Monk seals are sometimes referred to as "living fossils" (Earth Trust PG, 2001) because they
are the oldest living members of the pinniped order and they have remained virtually unchanged for fifteen million years. The irony here is that while the Hawaiian monk seals have
remained on this earth virtually unchanged for fifteen million years, now they are included on the endangered species list. This species of living fossil might not be around much
longer if action is not taken to try to preserve the remaining few that there are. As of this writing there are only one thousand to fifteen hundred Hawaiian
monk seals in existence. The Hawaiian monk seal, Monachus schauinslandi, is Hawaiis only pinniped. This species is believed to actually have evolved on the Hawaiian Islands and is a
natural to the area. This is also known as being native, or naturally occurring to the area (Earth Trust 2001). Adult monk seals grow to around seven feet in
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