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Taxon: Family
Phocidae
(Gray, 1821) Gray, 1825
- true seals
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Synapsida
............................................Therapsida
..............................................Theriodontia
................................................Eutheriodontia
..................................................Cynodontia
....................................................Eucynodontia
......................................................Mammaliamorpha
........................................................Mammaliaformes
..........................................................Holotheria
............................................................Class Mammalia - mammals
..............................................................Theriimorpha
................................................................Theriiformes
..................................................................Trechnotheria
....................................................................Cladotheria
......................................................................Zatheria
........................................................................Subclass Boreosphenida
..........................................................................Theria
............................................................................Infraclass Eutheria
..............................................................................Cohort Placentalia - placentals
................................................................................Magnorder Boreoeutheria
..................................................................................Grandorder Laurasiatheria
....................................................................................Scrotifera
......................................................................................Fereuungulata
........................................................................................Superorder Ferae
..........................................................................................Order Carnivora - carnivores
............................................................................................Suborder Caniformia
..............................................................................................Infraorder Arctoidea
................................................................................................Parvorder Ursida
..................................................................................................Superfamily Phocoidea
....................................................................................................Genus †Adelpharctos
....................................................................................................Genus †Allocyon
....................................................................................................Genus †Amphicynodon
....................................................................................................Genus †Drassonax
....................................................................................................Genus †Enaliarctos
....................................................................................................Genus †Kolponomos
....................................................................................................Genus †Nothocyon
....................................................................................................Genus †Pachycynodon
....................................................................................................Genus †Parictis
....................................................................................................Genus †Plesiocyon
....................................................................................................Genus †Pteronarctos
....................................................................................................Family Otariidae - eared seals, fur seals, and sea lions
....................................................................................................Family Phocidae - true seals
......................................................................................................Subfamily Odobeninae
......................................................................................................Subfamily Phocinae - true seals, earless seals, hair seals
......................................................................................................»Genus Cystophora - hooded seal
......................................................................................................»Genus Erignathus - bearded seal
......................................................................................................»Genus Halichoerus - gray seal
......................................................................................................»Genus Hydrurga - leopard seal
......................................................................................................»Genus Leptonychotes - Weddell seal
......................................................................................................»Genus Lobodon - crabeater seal
......................................................................................................»Genus Mirounga - elephant-seals
......................................................................................................»Genus Monachus - monk seals
......................................................................................................»Genus Ommatophoca - Ross seal
......................................................................................................»Genus Phoca - harbor, ringed, harp, and ribbon seals
......................................................................................................(Subfamily Cystophorinae)
......................................................................................................(Subfamily Lobodontinae)
......................................................................................................(Subfamily Monachinae)
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012