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FAMILY Phocidae

Author:Gray, 1821.
Citation:London Med. Repos., 15: 297.
Comments:Reviewed by Chapskii (1955), Scheffer (1958), J. E. King (1966, 1983), Hendey (1972), Muizon (1982b), and Wyss (1989). Muizon (1982b), and Wyss's (1988) phylogenetic analyses agreed on three points: 1) The monophyletic nature of two groups they refer to as the Lobodontini (Hydrurga, Leptonychotes, Lobodon, and Ommatophoca), and the Phocinae (Erignathus, Cystophora, Halichoerus, and Phoca), 2) The lobodonts, along with Monachus and Mirounga traditionally have been referred to as the Monachinae (kept by Muizon), however, they both suggested that this group may be paraphyletic, 3) Because of the "unsettled" nature of these taxa, no subfamilies are recognized at this time. Distributions for species after Rice (1998).
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Offspring:

GENUS Cystophora

SPECIES cristata

GENUS Erignathus

SPECIES barbatus

SUBSPECIES barbatus

SUBSPECIES nautica

GENUS Halichoerus

SPECIES grypus

SUBSPECIES grypus

SUBSPECIES macrorhynchus

GENUS Histriophoca

SPECIES fasciata

GENUS Hydrurga

SPECIES leptonyx

GENUS Leptonychotes

SPECIES weddellii

GENUS Lobodon

SPECIES carcinophaga

GENUS Mirounga

SPECIES angustirostris

SPECIES leonina

GENUS Monachus

SPECIES monachus

SPECIES schauinslandi

SPECIES tropicalis

GENUS Ommatophoca

SPECIES rossii

GENUS Pagophilus

SPECIES groenlandicus

GENUS Phoca

SPECIES largha

SPECIES vitulina

SUBSPECIES vitulina

SUBSPECIES concolor

SUBSPECIES mellonae

SUBSPECIES richardii

SUBSPECIES stejnegeri

GENUS Pusa

SPECIES caspica

SPECIES hispida

SUBSPECIES hispida

SUBSPECIES botnica

SUBSPECIES ladogensis

SUBSPECIES ochotensis

SUBSPECIES saimensis

SPECIES sibirica

Synonyms:

    Amphibia Trouessart, 1879
    Amphibiae Gray, 1821
    Cystophorina Gray, 1837
    Erignathini Chapskii, 1955
    Eumetopiina Gray, 1869
    Halichoerina Gray, 1869
    Histriophocina Chapskii, 1955
    Hydrurginae Trouessart, 1907
    Lobodoninae Kellogg, 1922
    Lobodontina Gray, 1869
    Miroungini Muizon, 1982
    Monachina Gray, 1869
    Ogmorhininae Turner, 1888
    Phocadae Gray, 1821
    Phocae Trouessart, 1879
    Phocomorpha Berta and Wyss, 1994
    Pinnigrada Owen, 1857
    Pinnigrades Owen, 1857
    Pinnipedia Illiger, 1811
    Sibiricopusidae Dybowski, 1929
    Stemmotopina Gray, 1825
    Stenorhynchina Gray, 1844
    Stenorhyncina Gray, 1825
    Stenorynchina Gray, 1843
    Thalattailurina Albrecht, 1879

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