Eared seal

An eared seal or otariid is Phocidae's family Otariidae.

Otariidae
An Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Carnivora
Suborder:
Caniformia
Superfamily:
Pinnipedia
Family:
Otariidae

Gray, 1825

Taxonomy
  • 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)

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