Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Family) Phocidae

Original position

Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Phocini (Tribe) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Phoca leonina Linnaeus, 1758
Phoca rosmarus Linnaeus, 1758
Phoca ursina Linnaeus, 1758
Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Phocini (Tribe) Gray, 1821

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 257.

Alternative positions

Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 55.
Phocidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 599.
Phocinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Historical positions

Phocidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 599.
Phocidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Phocini (Tribe) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 257-258.
Phocidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 331.
Phocidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 116.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 239. [rough position]
Phocidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1043.
Phocidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Pinnipedia (Order) Illiger, 1811	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 454. [rough position]
Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 26, 55.
Feræ (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 18, 37.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s;5ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 5 Dec 2014	[2s;5ss]
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 600	[2s;5ss]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[7s]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[7s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[7s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	7s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[4s]