Pinniped Species Information Pages

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The Phocidae or 'True' Seals

The Northern Seals	Hooded Seal Cystophora cristata	Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus	Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus
Family: Phocidae Subfamily: Phocinae
Caspian Seal Phoca caspica	Ribbon Seal Phoca fasciata	Harp Seal Phoca groenlandica	Ringed Seal Phoca hispida
Spotted Seal Phoca largha	Baikal Seal Phoca sibirica	Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina
Monk, Elephant and Antarctic Seals	Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx	Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii	Crabeater Seal Lobodon carcinophagus
Family: Phocidae Subfamily: Monachinae
Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris	Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina	Mediterranean Monk Seal Monachus monachus	Caribbean Monk Seal Monachus tropicalis
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Hawaiian Monk Seal Monachus schauinslandi	Ross Seal Ommatophoca rossii

The Otariidae or 'Eared' Seals

The Sea Lions	Steller Sea Lion Eumetopias jubatus	Australian Sea Lion Neophoca cinerea	South American Sea Lion Otaria flavescens
Family: Otariidae Subfamily: Otariinae
New Zealand Sea Lion Phocarctos hookeri	California, Galápagos and Japanese Sea Lions Zalophus californianus	The Fur Seals	South American Fur Seal Arctocephalus australis
		Family: Otariidae Subfamily: Arctocephalinae
New Zealand Fur Seal Arctocephalus forsteri	Galápagos Fur Seal Arctocephalus galapagoensis	Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella	Juan Fernández Fur Seal Arctocephalus philippii
South African and Australian Fur Seals Arctocephalus pusillus	Guadalupe Fur Seal Arctocephalus townsendi	Subantarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus tropicalis	Northern Fur Seal Callorhinus ursinus

The Odobenidae

The Walrus	Walrus Odobenus rosmarus
Family: Odobenidae