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Chordata class:
Mammalia Order:
Carnivora Clade:
Pinnipedia Superfamily:
Phocoidea Family:
Phocidae Gray, 1821 Type
genus Phoca Linnaeus, 1758 Subfamilies...
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Odobenidae (walrus and allies) Family:
Otariidae (eared seals) Superfamily:
Phocoidea Family:
Phocidae (true seals) Family: †Desmatophocidae The
cladogram is...
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superfamily Otarioidea,
while the
Phocidae belong to the
superfamily Phocoidea.
There are 34
extant species of pinnipeds, and more than 50
fossil species...
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classification were
classified as stem-pinnipeds in the
superfamily Phocoidea. In the
McKenna and Bell classification, both
bears and
pinnipeds are...
- Waldheim, 1817
Bears Americas and
Eurasia 8
Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758
Phocoidea J. E. Gray, 1821
Family English Name
Distribution Number of
Extant Species...
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Phocoidea Otarioidea...
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Otariidae are
combined into the
superfamily Otarioidea, with
Phocidae in
Phocoidea.
Extinct species have also been
placed into the
three extant families...
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Amphicynodontinae are
classified as stem-pinnipeds in the
superfamily Phocoidea.
Fossils of
these mammals have been
found in Europe,
North America and...
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Superfamily Ursoidea Family Ursidae:
bears Family †Hemicyonidae
Superfamily Phocoidea Family Otariidae:
eared seals Family Phocidae: seals,
walrus Parvorder...
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northern sea
lions Genus Otaria –
South American sea lion
Superfamily Phocoidea Family Phocidae –
earless seals Subfamily Monachinae Tribe Lobodontini...