Pinnipedia

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Clockwise from top left: *Arctocephalus forsteri*, *Mirounga leonina*, *Eumetopias jubatus*, *Odobenus rosmarus*, *Halichoerus grypus*

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinnipedia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Cladus: Ferungulata Cladus: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Cladus: Pan-Pinnipedia Cladus: Pinnipedimorpha Cladus: Pinnipediformes Parvordo: Pinnipedia

‎Classis: Mammalia
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Cladus: Pinnipediformes
Parvordo: Pinnipedia
Superfamiliae: Otarioidea – Phocoidea
Familiae incertae sedis: †Desmatophocidae

Name

Pinnipedia Illiger, 1811: 138

References

Primary references

Illiger, J.K.W. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica. C. Salfield: Berolini. xviii + 302 pp. BHL Reference page.
Burgin, C.J., Wilson, D.E., Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B., Lacher, T.E., Sechrest, W. 2020. Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona. 2 volumes. Vol 1: Monotremata to Rodentia. 631 pp. ISBN 978-84-16728-34-3. Vol 2: Eulipotyphla to Carnivora. 535 pp. ISBN 978-84-16728-35-0. Reference page. [1]
Berta, A., Churchill, M., Boessenecker, R. W., 2018. The Origin and Evolutionary Biology of Pinnipeds: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 46: 203–228. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-082517-010009.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Ластаногія
български: Тюлен
čeština: Ploutvonožci
Cymraeg: Morlo
dansk: Sæler
Deutsch: Robben
suomi: Eväjalkaiset
français: Phoque
hrvatski: Tuljani
日本語: アシカ亜目
македонски: Перконоги
Nederlands: Zeeroofdieren
norsk: Seler
polski: Płetwonogie
português: Pinípedes
русский: Ластоногие
svenska: Säldjur
Türkçe: Yüzgeçayaklılar
Tiếng Việt: Động vật chân màng

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