Pinniped

Pinnipeds (from Latin pinna, wing or fin, and ped-, foot) or fin-footed mammals are a widely distributed and diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals comprising the familiesOdobenidae (the walrus), Otariidae (eared seals, including sea lions and fur seals), andPhocidae (earless seals).


Formerly classified as a separate biological suborder, Pinnipedia is now sometimes considered a superfamily within Caniformia, a suborder in the Carnivora order.

• Family Odobenidae
  • Walrus, Odobenus rosmarus
  • Imagotaria downsi (extinct)
• Family Otariidae
  • Genus Arctocephalus
    • Antarctic Fur Seal, A. gazella
    • Guadalupe Fur Seal, A. townsendi
    • Juan Fernández Fur Seal, A. philippii
    • Galápagos Fur Seal, A. galapagoensis
    • Brown Fur Seal, A. pusillus
      • South African Fur Seal, A. pusillus pusillus
      • Australian Fur Seal, A. pusillus doriferus
    • Australasian Fur Seal, A. forsteri
    • Subantarctic Fur Seal, A. tropicalis
    • South American Fur Seal, A. australis
  • Genus Callorhinus
    • Northern Fur Seal, C. ursinus
  • Genus Eumetopias
    • Steller Sea Lion, E. jubatus
  • Genus Neophoca
    • Australian Sea Lion, N. cinerea
  • Genus Otaria
    • South American Sea Lion, O. flavescens
  • Genus Phocarctos
    • New Zealand Sea Lion, P. hookeri
  • Genus Zalophus
    • California Sea Lion, Z. californianus
    • Japanese Sea Lion, Z. japonicus – extinct (1950s)
    • Galápagos Sea Lion, Z. wollebaeki
• Family Phocidae
  • Subfamily Monachinae
    • Tribe Monachini
      • Monachopsis (extinct)
      • Pristiphoca (extinct)
      • Properiptychus (extinct)
      • Messiphoca (extinct)
      • Mesotaria (extinct)
      • Callophoca (extinct)
      • Pliophoca (extinct)
      • Pontophoca (extinct)
      • Hawaiian Monk Seal, Monachus schauinslandi
      • Mediterranean Monk Seal, Monachus monachus
      • Caribbean Monk Seal, Monachus tropicalis (probably extinct around 1950)
    • Tribe Miroungini
      • Northern Elephant Seal, Mirounga angustirostris
      • Southern Elephant Seal, Mirounga leonina
    • Tribe Lobodontini
      • Monotherium wymani (extinct)
      • Ross Seal, Ommatophoca rossi
      • Crabeater Seal, Lobodon carcinophagus
      • Leopard Seal, Hydrurga leptonyx
      • Weddell Seal, Leptonychotes weddellii
    • Swan-necked Seal, Acrophoca longirostris (extinct)
    • Piscophoca pacifica (extinct)
    • Homiphoca capensis (extinct)
  • Subfamily Phocinae
    • Kawas benegasorum (extinct)
    • Leptophoca lenis (extinct)
    • Preapusa (extinct)
    • Cryptophoca (extinct)
    • Bearded Seal, Erignathus barbatus
    • Hooded Seal, Cystophora cristata
    • Tribe Phocini
      • Common Seal or Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina
      • Spotted Seal or Larga Seal, Phoca largha
      • Ringed Seal, Pusa hispida (formerly Phoca hispida)
      • Baikal Seal or Nerpa, Pusa sibirica (formerly Phoca sibirica)
      • Caspian Seal, Pusa caspica (formerly Phoca caspica)
      • Harp Seal, Pagophilus groenlandica (formerly Phoca groenlandicus)
      • Ribbon Seal, Histriophoca fasciata (formerly Phoca fasciata)
      • Phocanella (extinct)
      • Platyphoca (extinct)
      • Gryphoca (extinct)
      • Gray Seal, Halichoerus grypus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Superfamily:	Pinnipedia