[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Family Phocidae Gray, 1821 - true seals
         Genus Monachus Fleming, 1822 - monk seals
           Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) - Mediterranean monk seal