A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Phocidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hooded SealCystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777) | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Atlantic gray sealHalichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791) | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ribbon SealHistriophoca fasciata (Zimmermann, 1783) | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leopard sealHydrurga leptonyx (de Blainville, 1820) | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Weddell SealLeptonychotes weddellii (Lesson, 1826) | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crabeater SealLobodon carcinophaga (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842) | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Elephant SealMirounga angustirostris (Gill, 1866) | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Elephant SealMirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758) | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mediterranean Monk SealMonachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hawaiian monk sealNeomonachus schauinslandi (Matschie, 1905) | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caribbean monk sealNeomonachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850) | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Ross SealOmmatophoca rossii Gray, 1844 | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spotted SealPhoca largha Pallas, 1811 | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Harbor SealPhoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caspian SealPusa caspica (Gmelin, 1788) | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ringed SealPusa hispida (Schreber, 1775) | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Baikal SealPusa sibirica (Gmelin, 1788) | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.