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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Phocidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Phocidae
Recognized by CalPhotos, Egypt Species List, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, AnAge articles, Natural History Museum Species of the day, IABIN, Ecomare, Fitzpatrick Institute of Ornithology Virtual Museum, Algeria Species List, Austria Species List, Azerbaijan Species List, Australia Species List, Belgium Species List, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, Croatia Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Denmark Species List, Ecuador Species List, Estonia Species List, Falkland Islands Species List, Faroe Islands Species List, Finland Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Greenland Species List, Hungary Species List, Iceland Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Italy Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Lebanon Species List, Maldives Species List, Moldova Species List, Morocco Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Peru Species List, Romania Species List, Russia Species List, Slovakia Species List, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Korea Species List, South Africa Species List, Suriname Species List, Sweden Species List, Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, The Netherlands Species List, Ukraine Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Uruguay Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Mexico Species List, Alboran Sea Species List, Baffin Bay Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Beaufort Sea Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Chukchi Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Davis Strait Species List, East Siberian Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of Bothnia Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Finland Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of Riga Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Indian Ocean Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Labrador Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, Lincoln Sea Species List, Hudson Strait Species List, Hudson Bay Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, Northwestern Passages Species List, North Sea Species List, Rio de la Plata Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Sea of Okhostk Species List, Skagerrak Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, FAO Fishery Statistics, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington, OBIS environmental data records, Adriatic Sea Species List, and United States Species List

Alternative Names

? aberratum Vanden Broeck, 1874
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? affinis Vanden Broeck, 1874
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? albiventer Boddaert, 1785
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ambigua Van Beneden, 1876
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? angustirostris Gill, 1866
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? antarctica Thunberg, 1811
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? argentinus Ameghino, 1893
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? capensis Hendey & Repenning, 1972
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? carcinophaga Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? couffoni Friant, 1947
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? dakotensis Clark, 1936
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? delognii Vanden Broeck, 1874
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? dimidiata Schlegel, 1800
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? elephantina Molina, 1782
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? equestris Pallas, 1831
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? foetidus Fabricius, 1776
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gaudini Guiscardi, 1870
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gichigensis Allen, 1902
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gilpini Clark & Guensburg, 1972
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? holitschensis Bruhl, 1860
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? lenis True, 1906
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? leptonyx Blainville, 1820
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? major Clark & Guensburg, 1972
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? minor Van Beneden, 1876
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? modesta Leidy, 1869
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? montanus Clark & Guensburg, 1972
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? obscura Van Beneden, 1876
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ochotensis Pallas, 1831
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? packardi Barnes, 1972
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pannonica Kretzoi, 1941
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? parvus Clark & Beerbower, 1967
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? personi Chaffee, 1954
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? primigenia Takeyama & Ozawa, 1984
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? proxima Van Beneden, 1876
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pumila Van Beneden, 1876
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? rousseaui Van Beneden, 1876
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? sarmatica Alekseev, 1924
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? schauinslandi Hermann, 1779
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? similis Van Beneden, 1876
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? sinanoensis Nagao, 1941
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? vetus Leidy, 1853
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? vetusta Zapfe, 1937
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? vindoboniensis Toula, 1897
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? virginianum Dekay, 1842
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? vulgaris Van Beneden, 1876
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? watasei Matsumoto, 1925
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? weddelli Lesson, 1826
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Auroraphoca Dewaele, Peredo, Meyvisch & Louwye 2018
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Australophoca Valenzuela-Toro, Pyenson, Gutstein & Suárez 2015
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Callicephalus Agassiz 1846
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Eotaria Boessenecker & Churchill 2015
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Frisiphoca Dewaele, Lambert & Louwye 2018
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hadrokirus Amson & de Muizon 2013
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lobodon (Gray 1844)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mesotaria Van Beneden 1876
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Miophoca Zapfe 1937
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nanophoca Dewaele, Amson, Lambert & Louwye 2017
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Neomonachus Slater & Helgen 2014
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Noriphoca Dewaele, Lambert & Louwye 2018
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paleophoca Beneden 1859
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Plesiocyon Schlosser 1887
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Prorosmarus Berry & Gregory 1906
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Proterozetes Barnes et al. 2006
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Trichecodon Lankester 1865
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Virginiaphoca Dewaele, Peredo, Meyvisch & Louwye 2018
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

Pinnipeds
Recognized by admin
true seals preferred
earless seals preferred
seals
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web

Afrikaans

Oorlose robbe preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Albanian

Fokat preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

فقميات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Əsl suitilər preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Basque

itsas txakur preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

Цюленевыя preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
сапраўдныя цюлені

Bulgarian

тюленови preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

foca preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

海豹科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Pravi tuljani preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

tuleňovití preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Ægte sæler preferred
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Dutch; Flemish

zeehonden preferred

Esperanto

Fokedoj preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

hülglased preferred
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Faroese

Kópur preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Hylkeet
Recognized by admin
hylkeet preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Galician

Foca preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Georgian

ნამდვილი სელაპები preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Hundsrobben preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin
Seehunde
Recognized by admin

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Φωκίδες preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Guarani

Kyjachuroto preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

כלבי ים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

fókafélék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Icelandic

Selaætt preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Inuktitut

ᐳᐃᔨᒃ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

rón preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

アザラシ科 preferred
アザラシ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kashubian

Zelińtë preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kazakh

Нағыз итбалықтар preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Тюлендер preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

물범과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kurdish

Fok preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

Roņi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish

Zieëhónj preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lingala

Sili preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Tikrieji ruoniai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Min Dong

Hāi-báu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Mongolian

Чихгүй далайн хав preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Tábąąstííntsoh bijaaʼ ádaadinígíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

North Frisian

Siahünjer preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Ekte selar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
selfamilien preferred

Occitan (post 1500)

Focids preferred
Recognized by admin

Persian

خوک دریایی بی‌گوش preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

fokowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Portuguese

Foca preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

настоящие тюлени preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sakha

Түлүөннүҥүлэр кэргэннэрэ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Scots

Selch preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Shambala

Pravi tuljani preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

pravi tjulnji preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swahili

Sili preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

öronlösa sälar preferred

Thai

วงศ์แมวน้ำ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Turkish

Fokgiller preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

тюленеві preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Unspecified

nuárjuh preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
spedoleem preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
ᎠᏐᎠᏍᏙ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Uzbek

Tyulenlar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Họ Hải cẩu thật sự preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Wu

海豹 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

فقميات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azb

اصل سۇ ایتی‌لر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bxr

Хаб загаhан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nan

Hái-pà preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

انکنا سیل preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pt Br

Focídeos preferred
Recognized by admin

Yue

海豹 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

海豹科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

海豹科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Phocidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Phocidae (this page)