Earless seal

Phocidae
A Common Seal (Phoca vitulina)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Superfamily:	Pinnipedia
Family:	Phocidae Gray, 1821

Paul de Vos

The earless seals or true seals are Otariidae's family Phocidae, one of the three pinniped families.

Taxonomy

• 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)
    • 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)
  • 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)