# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Taxonomy of the Hawaiian Monk Seal
> **US Department of the Interior** · Final rule. · Published 2015-03-10 · Effective 2015-03-10 · 80 FR 12566
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-05330
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of the Interior
- **State:** HI
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 12566
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2015-03-10
- **Effective date:** 2015-03-10
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-HQ-ES-2015-0007
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are amending the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife to reflect the scientifically accepted taxonomy and nomenclature of the Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi (=Monachus schauinslandi)). This amendment is based on a previously published determination by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce, which has jurisdiction for this species.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/03/10/2015-05330/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-taxonomy-of-the-hawaiian-monk-seal)
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