Earless seal
family of mammals
The earless seals or true seals are Otariidae's family Phocidae, one of the three pinniped families.
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A Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) | |
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Family: | Phocidae Gray, 1821
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Taxonomy
change- Family Phocidae
- Subfamily Monachinae
- Tribe Monachini
- Genus Monachus
- Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus)
- Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi)
- Caribbean Monk Seal (Monachus tropicalis) †
- Genus Mirounga: Elephant seals
- Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris)
- Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina)
- Genus Monachus
- Tribe Lobodontini
- Genus Ommatophoca
- Ross Seal (Ommatophoca rossii)
- Genus Lobodon
- Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophagus)
- Genus Hydrurga
- Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)
- Genus Leptonychotes
- Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)
- Genus Ommatophoca
- Tribe Monachini
- Subfamily Phocinae
- Genus Cystophora
- Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata)
- Genus Erignathus
- Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus)
- Genus Histriophoca
- Ribbon Seal (Histriophoca fasciata)
- Genus Phoca
- Spotted Seal (Phoca largha)
- Common Seal or Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)
- Harp Seal (Phoca groenlandica, formerly Pagophilus groenlandicus)
- Genus Pusa
- Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida, formerly Phoca hispida)
- Caspian Seal (Pusa caspica, formerly Phoca caspica)
- Nerpa or Baikal Seal (Pusa sibirica, formerly Phoca sibirica)
- Genus Halichoerus
- Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
- Genus Cystophora
- Subfamily Monachinae
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