Phocidae

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Carnivora • Subordo: Caniformia • Superfamilia: Pinnipedia • Familia: Phocidae Gray, 1821

 Vernacular names

English: Earless seals, true seals · Dansk: Ægte sæler · Deutsch: Hundsrobben · Français: Phoque · Lietuvių: Tikrieji ruoniai · Nederlands: Zeehonden · 日本語: アザラシ科 · Polski: Fokowate · Português: foca · Simple English: Earless seal · Svenska: Öronlösa sälar · 中文: 海豹科 ·

Wikispecies has an entry on: Phocidae.

Included genera (for ITIS & Mammal Species of the World):

Cystophora, Erignathus, Halichoerus, Histriophoca, Hydrurga, Leptonychotes, Lobodon, Mirounga, Monachus, Ommatophoca, Pagophilus, Phoca, Pusa

• Mammal Species of the World link: Phocidae Gray, 1821

• ITIS link: Phocidae Gray, 1821

• IUCN link: Phocidae threatened species

Species

Cystophora

• (category) Cystophora cristata, Hooded Seal

Erignathus

• (category) Erignathus barbatus, Bearded Seal, Square Flipper Seal

Halichoerus

• (category) Halichoerus grypus, Gray Seal, Grey Seal, Atlantic Grey Seal, Horsehead Seal

Histriophoca

• (category) Histriophoca fasciata, Ribbon Seal

Hydrurga

• (category) Hydrurga leptonyx, Leopard Seal

Leptonychotes

• (category) Leptonychotes weddellii, Weddell Seal

Lobodon

• (category) Lobodon carcinophagus, Crabeater Seal (Syn. (category) Lobodon carcinophaga)

Mirounga

• (category) Mirounga angustirostris, Northern Elephant Seal
• (category) Mirounga leonina, Southern Elephant Seal

Monachus

• (category) Monachus monachus, Mediterranean Monk Seal
• (category) Monachus schauinslandi, Hawaiian Monk Seal
• (category) Monachus tropicalis, Caribbean Monk Seal, West Indian Monk Seal

Ommatophoca

• (category) Ommatophoca rossii, Ross Seal

Pagophilus

• (category) Pagophilus groenlandicus, Harp Seal

Phoca

• (category) Phoca largha, Spotted Seal, Larga Seal
• (category) Phoca largha, Harbor Seal, Common Seal

Pusa

• (category) Pusa caspica, Caspian Seal
• (category) Pusa hispida, Ringed Seal, Jar Seal, Netsik, Nattiq
• (category) Pusa sibirica, Baikal Seal, Nerpa

Species gallery

Subfamilia Monachinae

Tribus Monachini

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  Monachus monachusMediterranean Monk Seal

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  Monachus tropicalis Caribbean Monk Seal, West Indian Monk Seal†

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  Mirounga angustirostrisNorthern Elephant seal

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  Mirounga leonina

Tribus Lobodontini

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  Ommatophoca rossii

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  Lobodon carcinophagus

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  Hydrurga leptonyx

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  Leptonychotes weddellii

Subfamilia Phocinae

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  Cystophora cristata

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  Erignathus barbatus

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  Halichoerus grypus

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  Histriophoca fasciata

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  Phoca largha

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  Phoca vitulina

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  Pusa caspica (syn. Phoca caspica)

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  Pusa hispida (syn. Phoca hispida)

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  Pusa sibirica (syn. Phoca sibirica)

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  Phoca groenlandica/Pagophilus groenlandica

Phocidae of undetermined genus and species

presumably ross seals (Ommatophoca rossii)

Please move the pictures on this page to the species page if you know where it belongs.

A seal
Un phoque
Ein Seehund

Seals on sea-ice
Phoques sur la banquise

Seal mother with calf
Mère et son petit

See also

• Otariidae (fur seals and sea lions)
• Odobenus (walruses)