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Phocidae
Taxonomic Serial Number: 180640

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Family

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Suborder - Caniformia
  Order - Carnivora
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

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