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Table 1 Indented taxonomy listing the 34 pinniped taxa (including the extinct Monachus tropicalis) included in the analyses.

From: Phylogeny and divergence of the pinnipeds (Carnivora: Mammalia) assessed using a multigene dataset

Pinnipedia

    
 

Odobenidae

  

Walruses

   

Odobenus rosmarus

Walrus

 

Otariidae

  

Sea lions and fur seals

  

Callorhinae

  
   

Callorhinus ursinus

Northern Fur Seal

  

Arctocephalinae/Otariinae

  
   

Arctocephalus townsendi

Guadalupe Fur Seal

   

Arctocephalus philippii

Juan Fernandez Fur Seal

   

Arctocephalus galapagoensis

Galapagos Fur Seal

   

Arctocephalus australis

South American Fur Seal

   

Arctocephalus tropicalis

Subantarctic Fur Seal

   

Arctocephalus gazella

Antarctic Fur Seal

   

Arctocephalus forsteri

New Zealand Fur Seal

   

Arctocephalus pusillus

South African Fur Seal

   

Zalophus californianus

California Sea Lion

   

Phocarctos hookeri

Hooker's Sea Lion

   

Neophoca cinerea

Australian Sea Lion

   

Otaria byronia

Southern Sea Lion

   

Eumetopias jubatus

Northern Sea Lion

 

Phocidae

  

True seals

  

Monachinae

 

"Southern" true seals

  

   Monachini

 

Monk seals

   

Monachus schauinslandi

Hawaiian Monk Seal

   

Monachus tropicalis†

Caribbean Monk Seal

   

Monachus monachus

Mediterranean Monk Seal

  

   Miroungini

 

Elephant seals

   

Mirounga angustirostris

Northern Elephant Seal

   

Mirounga leonina

Southern Elephant Seal

  

   Lobodontini

 

Antarctic seals

   

Lobodon carcinophagus

Crabeater Seal

   

Leptonychotes weddellii

Weddell Seal

   

Hydrurga leptonyx

Leopard Seal

   

Ommatophoca rossii

Ross Seal

  

Phocinae

 

Northern true seals

  

   Erignathini

 

<no common name>

   

Erignathus barbatus

Bearded Seal

  

   Cystophorini

 

<no common name>

   

Cystophora cristata

Hooded Seal

  

Phocini

 

<no common name>

  

   Histriophocina

 

<no common name>

   

Histriophoca fasciata

Ribbon Seal

   

Pagophilus groenlandicus

Harp Seal

  

   Phocina

 

<no common name>

   

Phoca largha

Largha Seal

   

Phoca vitulina

Harbor Seal

   

Pusa hispida

Ringed Seal

   

Pusa sibirica

Baikal Seal

   

Pusa caspica

Caspian Seal

   

Halichoerus grypus

Grey Seal