Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
Family Phocidae Gray, 1821 - true seals
Genus Phoca Linnaeus, 1758 - harbor, ringed, harp, and ribbon seals
Phoca caspica Gmelin, in Linnaeus, 1788 - Caspian seal
see Pusa caspica (Gmelin, 1788)