Pinniped
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Pinnipeds ("fin-feet", lit. "winged feet") or fin-footed mammals are a group of semi-aquatic marine mammals. The pinnipeds are the group Pinnipedia, which is a group in the Caniformia suborder, in the Carnivora order. There are three Pinniped families: Odobenidae (walruses), Otariidae (eared seals, including sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (true seals).
[change] Taxonomy
- Family Phocidae (Earless seals or true seals)
- Family Otariidae (Eared seals)
- Genus Arctocephalus (Fur seals)
- Genus Callorhinus
- Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
- Genus Eumetopias
- Steller Sea Lion or Northern Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)
- Genus Neophoca
- Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea)
- Genus Otaria
- South American Sea Lion or Southern Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens, formerly Otaria byronia)
- Genus Phocarctos
- New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri)
- Genus Zalophus
- California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)